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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, an empty string (""), 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.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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