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ShortPath Property Returns the short path name converted in accordance with the 8.3 naming convention. object.ShortPath Object should be the name of the File or Folder object. Description The following code provides an example of how to use

Type Property Returns the type information for a file or folder. For example, for an extension of. TXT file, return "Text document". object.Type Object should be the name of the File or Folder object. Description The following code provides an

Regular expressions If you have not used regular expressions before, you may not be familiar with this term or concept. However, they are not as novel as you might think. Recall how you found the file on your hard disk. Are you sure you will use

Ordinary characters Normal characters are made up of all print and nonprinting characters that are not explicitly specified as metacharacters. This includes all uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters, all numbers, all punctuation marks, and

Read method Reads the specified number of characters from the textstream file and returns the result string. object.Read(characters) Parameters Object Required option. Should be the name of the TextStream object. Characters Required option.

Skip method Skips a specified number of characters while reading the textstream file. object.Skip(characters) Parameters Object Required option. Should be the name of the TextStream object. Characters Required option. The number of characters

WriteBlankLines method Writes a specified number of new line characters in the textstream file. object.WriteBlankLines(lines) Parameters Object Required option. Should be the name of the TextStream object. Lines Required option. The number of

Drives Collection Read only the collection of all available drives. Description Removable media drives are displayed in the drives collection, whether or not they are inserted into the media. The following code illustrates how to get the drives

FileSystemObject objects Provides access to the computer's file system. Description The following code illustrates how to use the FileSystemObject object to return a TextStream object that can be read or written to: Dim fso, MyFileSet fso =

Folders Collection A collection of all the folder objects contained in a folder object. Description The following code illustrates how to get the Folders collection and use the For each ... Next statement to enumerate the members of the

AtEndOfLine Property textstream file, returns Trueif the file pointer points to the end of the line, or Falseif it is not read-only. object.AtEndOfLine Object should be the name of the TextStream object. Description The AtEndOfLine property

Column Property A read-only property that returns the column number of the current character position in the textstream file. object.Column object is usually the name of the TextStream object. Description After writing a new line character, but

Drive Property Returns the drive letter of the drive that contains the specified file or folder. Read-only. object.Drive Object should be the name of the File or Folder object. Description The following code provides an example of how to use

DriveLetter Property Returns the drive letter for a local drive or network share. Read-only. object.DriveLetter object should be the name of the Drive object. Description If the specified drive is not associated with a drive letter (for

Drives property Returns a drives collection of all Drive objects on the local machine. object.Drives Object should be the name of the FileSystemObject object. Description Removable media drives are displayed in the drives collection, whether or not

DriveType Property Returns a value that describes the type of the specified drive. object.DriveType object should be the name of the Drive object. Description The following code provides an example of how to use the DriveType property:

Files Property Returns the files collection that consists of all the file objects in the specified folder, including hidden and system files. object.Files object should be the name of the Folder object. Description The following code provides

FreeSpace Property Returns the amount of free space for a specified drive or network share for the user. Read-only. object.FreeSpace object should be the name of the Drive object. Description The FreeSpace property is essentially the same as

IsReady Property Returns Trueif the specified drive is ready, otherwise returns False. object.IsReady object should be the name of the Drive object. Description For removable media drives and CD-ROM drives,isready returns Trueonly if the

IsRootFolder Property Returns Trueif the specified folder is the root folder, otherwise returns False. object.IsRootFolder object should be the name of the Folder object. Description The following code provides an example of how to use the