"File" Class - File Folder

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

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

Here is a sample ASP page to show you how to get detailed information about a file.

<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 File class</b>:<br/>")
   ' Creating a FileSystemObject object
   set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   set f = fs.GetFile("c:\winnt\system32\scrrun.dll")
   ' Display detailed information about this file
   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("</body></html>")
</script>

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

 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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