"Folder" Class - File Folder

This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the Folder class that represents a file folder of a file system. Folder class is provided in the Scripting Runtime DLL, scrrun.dll.

Folder: A class representing a file folder in a file system. It offers the following properties and methods:

The following ASP shows how the Folder object can be used to list all the information about a folder:

<script language="vbscript" runat="server">
'  folder_test.asp
'  Copyright (c) 1999 by Dr. Herong Yang
'  This program shows how to browse the directory tree of a drive.
'
   response.write("<html><body>")
   response.write("<b>Tests on the folder tree</b>:<br/>")
   ' Creating a FileSystemObject object
   set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   ' Getting a specific folder
   set f = fs.GetFolder("c:\inetpub\wwwroot")
   call displayFolderInfo(f)
   sub displayFolderInfo(f)
      response.write("Path = " & f.Path & "<br/>")
      response.write("Name = " & f.Name & "<br/>")
      response.write("Short Name = " & f.ShortName & "<br/>")
      response.write("Short Path = " & f.ShortPath & "<br/>")
      response.write("Drive = " & f.Drive & "<br/>")
      response.write("Size = " & f.Size & "<br/>")
      response.write("Attributes = " & f.Attributes & "<br/>")
      response.write("Date created = " & f.DateCreated & "<br/>")
      response.write("Is Root Folder = " & f.IsRootFolder & "<br/>")
      set l = f.SubFolders
      for each sf in l
         response.write("Sub Folder = " & sf.Name & "<br/>")
      next
      set l = f.Files
      for each sf in l
         response.write("File = " & sf.Name & "<br/>")
      next
   end sub
   response.write("</body></html>")
</script>

Output:

Tests on the folder tree:
Path = C:\Inetpub\wwwroot
Name = wwwroot
Short Name = wwwroot
Short Path = C:\inetpub\wwwroot
Drive = c:
Size = 439424
Attributes = 48
Date created = 4/19/2000 3:16:15 PM
Is Root Folder = False
Sub Folder = asp
Sub Folder = aspnet_client
Sub Folder = images
Sub Folder = list
Sub Folder = _private
Sub Folder = _vti_cnf
Sub Folder = _vti_log
Sub Folder = _vti_pvt
Sub Folder = _vti_script
Sub Folder = _vti_txt
File = default.asp
File = default.htm
File = hello.asp
File = hello.html
File = help.gif
File = iisstart.asp
File = localstart.asp
File = mmc.gif
File = pagerror.gif
File = postinfo.html
File = print.gif
File = warning.gif
File = web.gif
File = win2000.gif
File = _vti_inf.html

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 ASP (Active Server Pages) Introduction

 IIS (Internet Information Services) 5.0

 MS Script Debugger

 VBScript Language

 ASP Built-in Run-time Objects

 ASP Session

 Creating and Managing Cookies

 Managing Sessions with and without Cookies

scrrun.dll - Scripting Runtime DLL

 What Is scrrun.dll?

 "Dictionary" Class - Collection of Key-Value Pairs

 "FileSystemObject" Class - File System

 "Drive" Class - Disk Drive

"Folder" Class - File Folder

 "File" Class - File Folder

 "TextStream" Class - Input or Output Stream

 Managing Response Header Lines

 Calculation Speed and Response Time

 ADO (ActiveX Data Object) DLL

 Working with MS Access Database

 Guest Book Application Example

 References

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