ASP Folder Object

To return information about a specified folder, the Folder object is used.You will have to create an instance of the Folder object through the FileSystemObject object to work with the properties and methods of the Folder object,. First;with the use of the GetFolder method of the FileSystemObject object, create a FileSystemObject object and then instantiate the Folder object .

To instantiate the Folder object and the DateCreated property to return the date when the specified folder was created,the following code uses the GetFolder method of the FileSystemObject object:

<%
Dim fs,fo
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fo=fs.GetFolder("D:\test")
Response.Write("Folder created: " & fo.DateCreated)
set fo=nothing
set fs=nothing
%>

Output:

Folder created: 10/22/2001 10:01:19 AM

The Folder object's collections, properties, and methods are described below:

Collections:

Collection	Description
Files	Returns a collection of all the files in a specified folder
SubFolders	Returns a collection of all subfolders in a specified folder/p>

Properties

Property	Description
Attributes	Specifies the character set that will be used when displaying dynamic content
DateCreated	Returns the date and time when a specified folder was created
DateLastAccessed	Returns the date and time when a specified folder was last accessed
DateLastModified	Returns the date and time when a specified folder was last modified
Drive	Returns the drive letter of the drive where the specified folder resides
IsRootFolder	Returns true if a folder is the root folder and false if not
Name	Sets or returns the name of a specified folder
ParentFolder	Returns the parent folder of a specified folder
Path	Returns the path for a specified folder
ShortName	Returns the short name of a specified folder (the 8.3 naming convention)
ShortPath	Returns the short path of a specified folder (the 8.3 naming convention)
Size	Returns the size of a specified folder
Type	Returns the type of a specified folder

Methods

Method	Description
Copy	Copies a specified folder from one location to another
Delete	Deletes a specified folder
Move	Moves a specified folder from one location to another
CreateTextFile	Creates a new text file in the specified folder and returns a TextStream object to access the file