DevGuru VBScript Object: File



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