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My.Computer.FileSystem.GetName Method

Visual Studio 2005

Visual Studio 2008

Parses the file name out of the path provided.


' Usage
Dim value As String = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileName(path)
' Declaration
Public Function GetFileName( _
   ByVal path As String _
) As String

Parameters

path: Required. Path to be parsed. String.

Return Value

String.

Exceptions

This method throws no exceptions.

Remarks

This is a string operation; the FileSystem is not examined.

The GetName method ignores a slash mark occurring at the end of the path.

Tasks

The following table lists examples of tasks involving the My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileName method.

To	See
Parse a file path	How to: Parse File Paths in Visual Basic

Example

The following example parses a file path and returns the name of the file.

MsgBox("The filename is: " & _
My.Computer.FileSystem.GetName("C:\testdirectory\testfile"))

Replace the path C:\Testdirectory\Testfile with the path you wish to parse.

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices

Class: FileSystemProxy (provides access to FileSystem)

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Availability by Project Type

Project type	Available
Windows Application	Yes
Class Library	Yes
Console Application	Yes
Windows Control Library	Yes
Web Control Library	Yes
Windows Service	Yes
Web Site	Yes

Permissions

No permissions are required.

Reference

My.Computer.FileSystem Object
GetFileName

Other Resources

File, Directory, and Drive Properties in Visual Basic

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