VBScript Folder Object

The VBScript Folder object provides access to all the properties of a folder.

VBScript Folder Object Copy Method	Copies a folder from one location to another.
VBScript Folder Object Delete Method	Deletes a folder.
VBScript Folder Object Move Method	Moves a folder from one location to another.
VBScript Folder Object CreateTextFile Method	Creates a file and returns a TextStream object.

VBScript Folder Object Attributes Property	The attributes of a folder.
VBScript Folder Object DateCreated Property	The date and time a folder was created.
VBScript Folder Object DateLastAccessed Property	The date and time that the folder was last accessed.
VBScript Folder Object DateLastModified Property	The date and time that the folder was last modified.
VBScript Folder Object Drive Property	The drive letter of the drive on which the folder resides.
VBScript Folder Object Files Property	A Files collection of all File objects in the folder.
VBScript Folder Object IsRootFolder Property	True if this is the root folder of a drive.
VBScript Folder Object Name Property	The name of the folder.
VBScript Folder Object ParentFolder Property	The Folder object for the parent of the folder.
VBScript Folder Object Path Property	The file system path to the folder.
VBScript Folder Object ShortName Property	The short name used by programs that require 8.3 names. This property is not currently supported on UNIX.
VBScript Folder Object ShortPath Property	The short path used by programs that require 8.3 names. This property is not currently supported on UNIX.
VBScript Folder Object Size Property	The size, in bytes, of all files and subfolders contained in a folder.
VBScript Folder Object SubFolders Property	A Folders collection containing all the folders in a Folder object.

The following code illustrates how to obtain a Folder object and how to return one of its properties:

Sub ShowFolderInfo(folderspec)

Dim fs, f, s,

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set f = fs.GetFolder(folderspec)

s = f.DateCreated

Response.Write s

End Sub