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File Object

Windows Scripting 5.8

Provides access to all the properties of a file.

Remarks

The following code illustrates how to obtain a File object and how to view one of its properties.

JScript

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function ShowFileInfo(filespec)
{
   var fso, f, s;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   f = fso.GetFile(filespec);
   s = f.DateCreated;
   return(s);
}

VBScript

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Function ShowDateCreated(filespec)
   Dim fso, f
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.GetFile(filespec)
   ShowDateCreated = f.DateCreated
End Function

Methods

Copy Method | Delete Method | Move Method | OpenAsTextStream Method

Properties

Reference

Drive Object

Drives Collection

Files Collection

Folder Object

Folders Collection

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