GetDriveName Method

This page is specific to the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Language Reference for Office 2010.

Description

Returns a string containing the name of the drive for a specified path.

Syntax

object.GetDriveName(path)

The GetDriveName method syntax has these parts:

Part

Description

object

Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.

path

Required. The path specification for the component whose drive name is to be returned.

Remarks

The GetDriveName method returns a zero-length string ("") if the drive can't be determined.

Note

The GetDriveName method works only on the provided path string. It does not attempt to resolve the path, nor does it check for the existence of the specified path.