Class FileSystemObject (Scripting VBA)

Provides access to a computer's file system.

Methods

OpenTextFile - Opens a specified file and returns a TextStream object that can be used to read from, write to, or append to the file. 


Sub OpenTextFileTest
    Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
    Dim fs, f
    Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set f = fs.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForAppending, TristateFalse)
    f.Write "Hello world!"
    f.Close
End Sub

BuildPath - Combines a folder path and the name of a folder or file and returns the combination with valid path separators.

CopyFile - Copies one or more files from one location to another.

CopyFolder - Recursively copies a folder from one location to another.

CreateFolder - Creates a folder.

CreateTextFile - Creates a specified file name and returns a TextStream object that can be used to read from or write to the file.

DeleteFile - Deletes a specified file.

DeleteFolder - Deletes a specified folder and its contents.

DriveExists - Returns True if the specified drive exists; False if it does not.

FileExists - Returns True if a specified file exists; False if it does not.

FolderExists - Returns True if a specified folder exists; False if it does not.

GetAbsolutePathName - Returns a complete and unambiguous path from a provided path specification.

GetBaseName - Returns a string containing the base name of the last component, less any file extension, in a path.

GetDrive - Returns a Drive object corresponding to the drive in a specified path.

GetDriveName - Returns a string containing the name of the drive for a specified path.

GetExtensionName - Returns a string containing the extension name for the last component in a path.

GetFile - Returns a File object corresponding to the file in a specified path.

GetFileName - Returns the last component of a specified path that is not part of the drive specification.

GetFolder - Returns a Folder object corresponding to the folder in a specified path.

GetParentFolderName - Returns a string containing the name of the parent folder of the last component in a specified path.

GetSpecialFolder - Returns the special folder specified.

GetTempName - Returns a randomly generated temporary file or folder name that is useful for performing operations that require a temporary file or folder.

MoveFile - Moves one or more files from one location to another.

MoveFolder - Moves one or more folders from one location to another.

Properties

Drives returns a Drives collection consisting of all Drive objects available on the local machine.

Drive - Provides access to the properties of a particular disk drive or network share.

Drives - Read-only collection of all available drives.

File - Provides access to all the properties of a file.

Folder - Provides access to all the properties of a folder.

TextStream - Facilitates sequential access to file.