Scripting Runtime Library
FileSystemObject Object

Provides access to a computer's file system.

Remarks

The following code illustrates how the FileSystemObject is used to return a TextStream object that can be read from or written to.

Code

JScript
// JScript
var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var a = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", true);
a.WriteLine("This is a test.");
a.Close();

Code

Visual Basic
' VBScript
Dim fso, MyFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set MyFile = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", True)
MyFile.WriteLine("This is a test.")
MyFile.Close

In the example code, the ActiveXObject object is assigned to the FileSystemObject (fso). The CreateTextFile method then creates the file as a TextStream object (a), and the WriteLine method writes a line of text to the created text file. The Close method flushes the buffer and closes the file.

Methods

BuildPath Method | CopyFile Method | CopyFolder Method | CreateFolder Method | CreateTextFile Method | DeleteFile Method | DeleteFolder Method | DriveExists Method | FileExists Method | FolderExists Method | GetAbsolutePathName Method | GetBaseName Method | GetDrive Method | GetDriveName Method | GetExtensionName Method | GetFile Method | GetFileVersion Method | GetFileName Method | GetFolder Method | GetParentFolderName Method | GetSpecialFolder Method | GetStandardStream Method | GetTempName Method | MoveFile Method | MoveFolder Method | OpenTextFile Method

Properties

Drives Property

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Community Content

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No Version-Independent Prog ID

The FileSystemObject class does not have a Version-Independent Prog ID, at least under Microsoft Windows XP.
In particular, the following query returns nothing:

SELECT COMPONENTID FROM WIN32_CLASSICCOMCLASSSETTING WHERE VERSIONINDEPENDENTPROGID='Scripting.FileSystemObject'

This is against the rules for COM Registry Keys[1]:

Applications must register a version-independent programmatic identifier under the VersionIndependentProgID key.

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/pl-pl/library/ms678477(en-us,VS.85).aspx


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