VBScript » Objects » File
Version: 3.0
The File object allows you access and manipulate the various properties of a file.
Examples
Code:
<%
Dim filesys,demofile, createdate
Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Setdemofile = filesys.GetFile("filename")
createdate = demofile.DateCreated
%>
Output:
This code uses the GetFile method of the FileSystemObject object to create a File object and view one of its properties.Properties
- Attributes
Syntax: object.Attributes [ =newattributes]
This property allows us to get or change the various attributes of a file.
- DateCreated
Syntax: object.DateCreated
This property gets the date and time that the file was created.
- DateLastAccessed
Syntax: object.DateLastAccessed
Gets the date and time that the file was last accessed
- DateLastModified
Syntax: object.DateLastModified
This property returns the date and time that the file was last modified.
- Drive
Syntax: object.Drive
Returns the drive letter of the drive where the file is located.
- Name
Syntax: object.Name
Lets us get or change the name of the specified file.
- ParentFolder
Syntax: object.ParentFolder
This property gets the Folder object for the parent relating to the specified file.
- Path
Syntax: object.Path
This property returns a file's path.
- ShortName
Syntax: object.ShortName
Returns the short version of a filename (using the 8.3 convention). e.g. Employees.html is truncated to Employ~1.htm
- ShortPath
Syntax: object.ShortPath
Returns the short version of the file path (this is the path with any folder and file names truncated as above).
- Size
Syntax: object.Size
Returns the size of a file in bytes.
- Type
Syntax: object.Type
Returns a string containing the file type description. e.g. For files ending in .TXT, "Text Document" is returned.
Methods
- Copy
Syntax: object.Copy destination[, overwrite]
This method copies the selected file to the specified destination.
- Delete
Syntax: object.Delete [force]
The method used to delete the file relating to the specified File object.
- Move
Syntax: object.Move destination
This method is used to move the file relating to the specified File object to a new destination.
- OpenAsTextStream
Syntax: object.OpenAsTextStream([iomode [,format]])
This method opens a specified file and returns an instance of a TextStream object that can then be manipulated - read from, written or appended to.
Events
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