VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v6.02, by Herong Yang
"File" Objects Representing Files
This section describes File object and its properties and methods. A tutorial example is provided on how to list all properties of a file.
File: An object representing a file in a file system. It offers the following properties and methods:
Here is a VBScript example showing you how to get detailed information about a file.
<html> <body> <!-- file_test.html - Copyright (c) 2002 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved. --> <pre> <script language="vbscript"> ' Creating a FileSystemObject object set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' Display detailed information about this file set f = fs.GetFile("c:\winnt\system32\scrrun.dll") document.writeln("Path = " & f.Path) document.writeln("Name = " & f.Name) document.writeln("Short Name = " & f.ShortName) document.writeln("Short Path = " & f.ShortPath) document.writeln("Drive = " & f.Drive) document.writeln("Size = " & f.Size) document.writeln("Attributes = " & f.Attributes) document.writeln("Date Created = " & f.DateCreated) </script> </pre> </body> </html>
When you load this example into IE, you will get a security warning. You can ignore it and get the output:
Tests on the File class: Path = C:\WINNT\system32\scrrun.dll Name = scrrun.dll Short Name = scrrun.dll Short Path = C:\winnt\system32\scrrun.dll Drive = c: Size = 147512 Attributes = 32 Date created = 6/26/2001 6:06:58 PM
Table of Contents
Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition
Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals
Numeric Comparison Operations and Logical Operations
String Operations - Concatenation and Comparison
Variable Declaration and Assignment Statement
Expression and Order of Operation Precedence
Statement Syntax and Statement Types
Array Data Type and Related Statements
Array References and Array Assignment Statements
Conditional Statements - "If ... Then" and "Select Case"
Loop Statements - "For", "While", and "Do"
"Function" and "Sub" Procedures
Inspecting Variables Received in Procedures
Error Handling Flag and the "Err" Object
Regular Expression Pattern Match and Replacement
►scrrun.dll - Scripting Runtime DLL Library
Scripting Runtime DLL Library Overview
"Dictionary" Objects to Store Keys and Values
"FileSystemObject" Objects to Manage File Systems
"Drive" Objects Representing Disk Drives
"Folder" Objects Representing File Folders
►"File" Objects Representing Files
"TextStream" Objects Representing File Input and Output
IE Web Browser Supporting VBScript