ASP File Object

The File object represents a specified file on the local machine or on a network share. To work with the File object's properties and methods, you need to create an instance of the FileSystemObject object first and then instantiate the File object through the GetFile method. Also you can get a File object reference from the Folder object, by using the Files Collection.

The File object properties and methods are as follows:

Properties

Properties	Description
Attributes	The Attributes property sets or returns (depending on the specific file attribute) the attributes of the specified file.
DateCreated	The DateCreated property returns the date and time that the specified file was created.
DateLastAccessed	The DateCreated property returns the date and time that the specified file was last accessed.
DateLastModified	The DateCreated property returns the date and time that the specified file was last modified. It refers to the most recent date the file was altered, not simply opened or examined.
Drive	The Drive property returns the drive letter of the drive on which the specified file or folder resides.
Name	The Name property sets or returns the name of the specified file.
ParentFolder	The ParentFolder returns the Folder object for the parent folder of the specified file.
Path	The Path property returns the absolute path of the specified file.
ShortName	The ShortName property returns the DOS-style version of the file name (the 8.3 naming convention).
ShortPath	The ShortPath property returns the DOS-style version of the absolute path of the specified file (the 8.3 naming convention).
Size	The Size property returns the size of the specified file (in bytes).
Type	The Type property returns the type of the specified file, as determined using your machine's file associations (if one exists). For example, on a machine with Microsoft Access installed, the file examples.mdb would have a Type property of Microsoft Office Access Application.

Methods

Methods	Description
Copy	The Copy method copies the specified file from one folder to another.
Delete	The Delete method deletes the specified file.
Move	The Move method moves the specified file from one folder to another.
OpenAsTextStream	The OpenAsTextStream method opens the specified file and returns a TextStream object that can be used to read from, write to, or append to the file.

How to use the ASP File Object

In the following example we create an instance of the FileSystemObject object and then use the GetFile method to instantiate the File object. After that we use The File object properties to get the information about the specified file: