File Object (VB6) |
The File object represents a disk file that can be a file of any type and allows you to interrogate the properties of the file and to move upward in the file system hierarchy to interrogate the system on which the file resides. The process of creating a File object—for example, assigning a reference from the Files object's Item property to a local object variable—doesn't open the file.
The File object is part of the File System object model; for an overview of the model, including the library reference needed to access it, see the File System object model entry.
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Files.Item property
Attributes
Data Type: FileAttribute constant
See the "FileAttribute Constants" table in the Folder Object entry.
DateCreated
Data Type: Date
The date the file was created.
DateLastAccessed
Data Type: Date
If available from the operating system, the date the file was last accessed.
DateLastModified
Data Type: Date
The date the file was last modified.
Drive
Data Type: Drive object
Returns a Drive object representing the drive on which the file resides.
Name
Data Type: String
The name of the file.
ParentFolder
Data Type: Folder object
Returns a Folder object representing the folder in which the file resides.
Path
Data Type: String
Returns the full path to the file from the current machine, including drive letter or network path/share name.
ShortName
Data Type: String
Returns a DOS 8.3 filename; may not work on an NTFS system.
ShortPath
Data Type: String
Returns a DOS 8.3 folder name; may not work on an NTFS system.
Size
Data Type: Variant
Returns the size of the file in bytes.
Type
Data Type: String
Returns a string containing the registered type description. This is the type string displayed for the file in the Windows Explorer. If a file doesn't have an extension, the type is simply "File." When a file's type isn't registered, the type appears as the extension and "File."
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