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VirtualPathUtility::GetFileName Method

Retrieves the file name of the file that is referenced in the virtual path.

Namespace:  System.Web
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
static String^ GetFileName(
	String^ virtualPath
)

Parameters

virtualPath
Type: System::String
The virtual path.

Return Value

Type: System::String
The file name literal after the last directory character in virtualPath; otherwise, the last directory name, if the last character of virtualPath is a directory or volume separator character.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentException

virtualPath contains one or more characters that are not valid, as defined in InvalidPathChars.

If the virtual path that is passed into the GetFileName method is "/images/image1.gif", the returned file name is "image1.gif".

The following code example demonstrates how to use the GetFileName, GetExtension, and GetDirectory methods.

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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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