Folder Object

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Description

Provides access to all the properties of a folder. Can be obtained from the GetFolder Method on the FileSystemObject Object.

Object Model

Example

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

Show Date Created (VBScript)
Show Date Created (JScript)

Function ShowDateCreated(folderspec)
   Dim fso, f
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.GetFolder(folderspec)
   ShowDateCreated = f.DateCreated
End Function

function ShowFolderInfo(folderspec)
{
   var fso, folder, s;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   folder = fso.GetFolder(folderspec);
   s = folder.DateCreated;
   return(s);
}