VBScript Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v6.02, by Herong Yang
"FileSystemObject" Objects to Manage File Systems
This section describes FileSystemObject properties and methods. A tutorial example is provided on how to create a folder, copy files, and get file information.
FileSystemObject: An object representing the local file system Major methods and properties include:
Below is a VBScript example showing you how to create a folder and copy a file by using the FileSystemObject object:
<html> <body> <!-- file_system_test.html - Copyright (c) 2002 HerongYang.com. All Rights Reserved. --> <pre> <script language="vbscript"> ' Getting the FileSystemObject object set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' Creating a new file folder if fs.FolderExists("c:\temp\backup") then fs.DeleteFolder("c:\temp\backup") end if set d = fs.CreateFolder("c:\temp\backup") ' Copying a file fs.CopyFile "c:\windows\system32\scrrun.dll", "c:\temp\backup\" ' Getting information about the copy set f = fs.GetFile("c:\temp\backup\scrrun.dll") document.writeln("f.Path: " & f.Path) document.writeln("f.ParentFolder: " & f.ParentFolder) document.writeln("f.Name: " & f.Name) document.writeln("f.Type: " & f.Type) document.writeln("f.Size: " & f.Size) document.writeln("f.DateCreated: " & f.DateCreated) document.writeln("f.DateLastModified: " & f.DateLastModified) document.writeln("f.DateLastAccessed: " & f.DateLastAccessed) </script> </pre> </body> </html>
When you load this example into IE, you will get a security warning. You can ignore it and get the output:
f.Path: C:\temp\backup\scrrun.dll f.ParentFolder: C:\temp\backup f.Name: scrrun.dll f.Type: Application Extension f.Size: 151552 f.DateCreated: 7/10/2006 10:30:23 PM f.DateLastModified: 8/4/2004 4:00:00 AM f.DateLastAccessed: 7/10/2006 10:30:23 PM
Table of Contents
Introduction of VBScript - Visual Basic Scripting Edition
Variant Data Type, Subtypes, and Literals
Numeric Comparison Operations and Logical Operations
String Operations - Concatenation and Comparison
Variable Declaration and Assignment Statement
Expression and Order of Operation Precedence
Statement Syntax and Statement Types
Array Data Type and Related Statements
Array References and Array Assignment Statements
Conditional Statements - "If ... Then" and "Select Case"
Loop Statements - "For", "While", and "Do"
"Function" and "Sub" Procedures
Inspecting Variables Received in Procedures
Error Handling Flag and the "Err" Object
Regular Expression Pattern Match and Replacement
►scrrun.dll - Scripting Runtime DLL Library
Scripting Runtime DLL Library Overview
"Dictionary" Objects to Store Keys and Values
►"FileSystemObject" Objects to Manage File Systems
"Drive" Objects Representing Disk Drives
"Folder" Objects Representing File Folders
"File" Objects Representing Files
"TextStream" Objects Representing File Input and Output
IE Web Browser Supporting VBScript