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File.GetAttributes Method

Silverlight

Gets the FileAttributes of the file on the path.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[SecuritySafeCriticalAttribute]
public static FileAttributes GetAttributes(
	string path
)

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	path is empty, contains only white spaces, or contains invalid characters.
PathTooLongException	The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file names must be less than 260 characters.
NotSupportedException	path is in an invalid format.
FileNotFoundException	path represents a file and is invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive, or the file cannot be found.
DirectoryNotFoundException	path represents a directory and is invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive, or the directory cannot be found.

Supported in: 5, 4

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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