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VBScript's File-Handling Objects |
| Properties and methods of FileSystemObjects |
| Drives property |
Returns a collection of Drive objects for all the drives in the file system. |
| BuildPath method |
Appends a filename to an existing path, inserting a separator if necessary. |
| CopyFile method |
Copies one or more files from one folder to another. |
| CopyFolder method |
Recursively copies a folder or subfolder to another. |
| CreateFolder method |
Creates a folder with a given name. |
| CreateTextFile method |
Creates a text file with the given file specification and returns a TextStream object that can be used to write to the file. |
| DeleteFile method |
Deletes the specified file. |
| DeleteFolder method |
Deletes the specified folder and all its contents--even if the folder has files in it. |
| DriveExists method |
Returns True only if the specified drive exists. |
| FileExists method |
Returns True only if the specified file exists. |
| FolderExists method |
Returns True only if the specified folder exists. |
| GetAbsolutePathName method |
Converts a relative path (such as "..\data") to a complete and unambiguous path specification. |
| GetBaseName method |
Returns the base filename of a path (minus any extension). |
| GetDrive method |
Returns a Drive object corresponding to a specified drive. |
| GetDriveName method |
Returns the drive portion of a path. |
| GetExtensionName method |
Returns the extension portion of a path. |
| GetFile method |
Returns a File object associated to the file specification. |
| GetFileName method |
Returns the filename portion (including extension) of a path. |
| GetFolder method |
Returns a Folder object for a given path specification. |
| GetParentFolderName method |
Returns a string that identifies the parent folder of a given folder. |
| GetSpecialFolder method |
Passes 0 to get the location of the Windows folder, 1 for the System folder, and 2 for the Temp folder. |
| GetTempName method |
Returns a randomly generated name for use as a temporary file or folder. (Although the documentation doesn't say so, experimentation seems to indicate that the name will be unique.) |
| MoveFile method |
Moves the file from one location to another. |
| MoveFolder method |
Moves the folder (including its contents) from one location to another. |
| OpenTextFile method |
Opens a file by returning a TextStream object you can use to write or append to the given object. |
| Properties and methods common to both Folder and File objects |
| Attributes property |
Sets or returns the attributes of the file or folder. (Uses bit masking to get at the individual attributes.) |
| DateCreated property |
Read-only property that returns the date and time the file or folder was created. |
| DateLastAccessed property |
Read-only property that returns the date and time the file or folder was last accessed. |
| DateLastModified property |
Read-only property that returns the date and time the file or folder was last modified. |
| Drive property |
Returns a Drive object for the drive on which the file or folder lives. |
| Name property |
Returns a string that gives the name of the file or folder. |
| ParentFolder property |
Returns a Folder object for the parent folder of the file or folder. |
| Path property |
Returns the path for the file or folder. |
| ShortName property |
Returns the name of the file or folder in 8+3 (DOS) format |
| ShortPath property |
Returns the pathname of the file or folder in 8+3 (DOS) format. |
| Size property |
Returns the size of the file in bytes, or the size of all files and subfolders in a folder. |
| Copy method |
Copies the folder (and all its contents) or the file from one location to another. |
| Delete method |
Deletes the file or folder even if it is not empty. |
| Move method |
Moves the folder (and all its contents) or the file from one location to another. |
| Properties and methods unique to Folder objects |
| IsRootFolder property |
Returns True if the folder is the root of the drive and False otherwise. |
| SubFolders property |
Returns a collection of the subfolders inside the given folder. |
| CreateTextFile method |
Creates a text file (or Unicode file) in the folder and returns a TextStream object to allow you to work with it. |
| Properties and methods unique to File objects |
| Type property |
Returns the file type registered with the system based on a file's extension. |
| OpenAsTextStream method |
Returns a TextStream object you can use to read from, write to, or append to the file. |
