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ASP Tutorial: ASP Folder Object

ASP Folder Object




The Folder Object is used to return information about a specified
folder.





The Folder Object


The Folder object is used to return information about a specified folder.


To work with the properties and methods of the Folder object, you will have
to create an instance of the Folder object through the FileSystemObject object.
First; create a FileSystemObject object and then instantiate the Folder object
through the GetFolder method of the FileSystemObject object.


The following code uses the GetFolder method of the FileSystemObject object
to instantiate the Folder object and the DateCreated property to return the date
when the specified folder was created:





<%
Dim fs,fo
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fo=fs.GetFolder("c:\test")
Response.Write("Folder created: " & fo.DateCreated)
set fo=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

Output:

Folder created: 10/22/2001 10:01:19 AM

The Folder object's collections, properties, and methods are described below:


Collections












CollectionDescription
FilesReturns a collection of all the files in a specified
folder
SubFoldersReturns a collection of all subfolders in a specified
folder

Properties













































PropertyDescription
AttributesSets or returns the attributes of a specified folder
DateCreatedReturns the date and time when a specified folder was
created
href="prop_datelastaccessed_folder.asp">DateLastAccessedReturns the date and time when a specified folder was last
accessed
href="prop_datelastmodified_folder.asp">DateLastModifiedReturns the date and time when a specified folder was last
modified
DriveReturns the drive letter of the drive where the specified folder
resides
IsRootFolderReturns true if a folder is the root folder and false if
not
NameSets or returns the name of a specified folder
ParentFolderReturns the parent folder of a specified folder
PathReturns the path for a specified folder
ShortNameReturns the short name of a specified folder (the 8.3 naming
convention)
ShortPathReturns the short path of a specified folder (the 8.3 naming
convention)
SizeReturns the size of a specified folder
TypeReturns the type of a specified folder

Methods


















MethodDescription
CopyCopies a specified folder from one location to another
DeleteDeletes a specified folder
MoveMoves a specified folder from one location to another
CreateTextFileCreates a new text file in the specified folder and returns a
TextStream object to access the file