Visual Basic for Applications Reference
GetExtensionName Method
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Description
Returns a string containing the extension name for the last component in a path.
Syntax
object.GetExtensionName(path)
The GetExtensionName method syntax has these parts:
| Part | Description |
| object | Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject. |
| path | Required. The path specification for the component whose extension name is to be returned. |
Remarks
For network drives, the root directory (\) is considered to be a component.
The GetExtensionName method returns a zero-length string ("") if no component matches the path argument.