Author: Gan Ganping;
Original source: http://www.15seconds.com/Issue/000816.htm
In ASP, the FSO means the file system object, which is the filesystem objects.
We are going to manipulate the computer file system, which is located above the Web server. So, make sure you have the right permissions for this. Ideally, you can set up a Web server on your own machine so that you can easily test it. If you are running on a Windows platform, try Microsoft's free personal Web server PWS.
FSO Model Object
Drive object: Drive objects for access to disks or network drives
FileSystemObject object: File system objects for accessing a computer's file system
Folder object: Folders objects for accessing all properties of a folder
TextStream object: Text Stream objects for accessing file contents
You can use the object above to do anything on the computer, including sabotage;-( Therefore, please use the FSO carefully. In a Web environment, storing information is very important, such as user information, log files, and so on. The FSO provides a powerful and easy way to save data efficiently. In this article, we focus on FileSystemObject and TextStream objects.
FSO is supported by Microsoft and presumably no longer uses ASP for non-Windows systems.
How to use the FSO?
To perform all of the work using the FSO, you first create the object, as in the following code:
<%
Set FSO = Server.CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
% >
This creates the FSO and assigns the variable FSO, and then you can use the familiar Object.Method syntax to perform file system operations (view the Visual Basic documentation for more information on object and Object Wizard programming). Here we can use Fso.method or Fso.property, which will be seen in the following example.
The FSO model is located in the Script runtime DLL file provided by Microsoft, which is scrrun.dll. You can refer to this DLL file in any application, such as Ms Access,word. That is, it is not limited to applying it in ASP.
Here is a brief list of FSO methods:
Fso method
CopyFile copy one or more files to a new path
CreateTextFile creates a file and returns a TextStream object
DeleteFile Delete a file
OpenTextFile opens the file and returns the TextStream object to read or append
For full FSO methods and properties, check out Microsoft MSDN. Let's look at a few examples.
