A.8. FileSystem Objects (VB6 only)
A.8.1. FileSystemObject Object
CopyFile Method
Copies a file
CopyFolder Method
Copies a folder and its contents
CreateFolder Function
Returns a Folder object for the newly created folder
CreateTextFile Function
Returns a TextStream object for the newly created text file
DeleteFile Method
Removes a file from disk
DeleteFolder Method
Removes the folder and its contents from disk
DriveExists Function
Returns True if the specified drive is found
Drives Property
Returns a Drives object
FileExists Function
Returns True if the specified file is found
FolderExists Function
Returns True if the specified folder is found
GetAbsolutePathName Function
Returns the canonical representation of the path
GetBaseName Function
Returns the base name from a path
GetDrive Function
Returns a Drive object for the specified drive
GetDriveName Function
Returns a string representing the name of a drive
GetExtensionName Function
Returns a string containing the extension from a given path
GetFile Function
Returns a File object
GetFileName Function
Returns a string containing the name of a file from a given path
GetFolder Function
Returns a Folder object
GetParentFolderName Function
Returns the name of the folder immediately above the folder in a given path
GetSpecialFolder Function
Returns a folder object representing one of the special Windows folders
GetTempName Function
Returns a string containing a valid Windows temporary filename
MoveFile Method
Moves a file from one location to another
MoveFolder Method
Moves a folder and all its contents from one location to another
OpenTextFile Function
Returns a TextStream object of the opened file
A.8.2. Drives Collection Object
Item Property
Returns the Drive object associated with the given key (Drive Name)
A.8.3. Drive Object
DriveLetter Property
Returns a string containing the drive letter
DriveType Property
Returns a DriveTypeConst specifying the type of drive
FileSystem Property
Returns a string containing an abbreviation for the filesystem type (i.e., FAT)
FreeSpace Property
Returns a variant containing the free space on the drive in bytes
IsReady Property
Returns True if the specified drive is ready
Path Property
Returns a string containing the full path of the drive
RootFolder Property
Returns a Folder object representing the root of the drive
SerialNumber Property
Returns a Long containing the serial number of the disk
ShareName Property
Returns a String containing the share name, if any
TotalSize Property
Returns a variant containing the total size of the disk in bytes
VolumeName Property
Returns a string containing the name of the current volume
A.8.4. Folders Collection Object
Count Property
Returns the number of Folder objects in the collection
Item Property
Returns the Folder object associated with the specified key
A.8.5. Folder Object
Copy Method
Copies this folder and its contents to another location
CreateTextFile Function
Returns a TextStream object for the newly created text file
DateCreated Property
Returns the date the folder was created
DateLastAccessed Property
Returns the date the folder was last accessed
DateLastModified Property
Returns the date the folder was last modified
Delete Method
Removes this folder and all its contents
Drive Property
Returns a Drive object representing the drive on which this folder is located
Files Property
Returns a Files collection object representing the files in this folder
IsRootFolder Property
Returns True if this folder is the root of the drive
Move Method
Moves this folder and its contents to another location
Name Property
Returns the name of the folder
ParentFolder Property
Returns a Folder object representing the next folder up in hierarchy
Path Property
Returns a string containing the full path of this folder
ShortName Property
Returns a string containing the short name of the folder
ShortPath Property
Returns a string containing the short path of the folder
Size Property
Returns a Variant specifying the total size of all files and all subfolders contained in this folder
SubFolders Property
Returns a Folders collection object representing the subfolders contained in this folder
Type Property
Returns a string detailing the type of folder
A.8.6. Files Collection Object
Item Property
Returns the File object associated with the specified key
A.8.7. File Object
Copy Method
Copies this file to another location
DateCreated Property
Returns the date the file was created
DateLastAccessed Property
Returns the date the file was last accessed
DateLastModified Property
Returns the date the file was last modified
Delete Method
Removes this file
Drive Property
Returns a Drive object representing the drive on which this file is located
Move Method
Moves this file to another location
Name Property
Returns the name of this file
OpenAsTextStream Method
Opens this file for text manipulation and returns the open file as a TextStream object
ParentFolder Property
Returns a Folder object representing the folder in which this file is contained
Path Property
Returns a string containing the full path of this file
ShortName Property
Returns a string containing the short name of this file
ShortPath Property
Returns a string containing the short path of this file
Size Property
Returns a Variant specifying the size of this file
Type Property
Returns a string detailing the type of this file
A.8.8. TextStreamObject
AtEndOfStream Property
Returns True if the end of the text stream has been reached
Close Method
Closes the TextStream object
Column Property
Returns a Long specifying the current column number
Line Property
Returns a Long specifying the current line number
Read Function
Returns a string containing a specified number of characters from the TextStream
ReadAll Function
Returns a string containing the entire contents of the TextStream
ReadLine Function
Returns a string containing the current line within the TextStream
Skip Method
Skips a specified number of characters
SkipLine Method
Skips to the next line
Write Method
Writes a specified string to the TextStream
WriteBlankLines Method
Writes a specified number of blank lines to the TextStream
WriteLine Method
Writes a specified string and a line break to the TextStream