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Returns a collection with the names of all the executable files in a directory or a directory tree this includes all "exe", "bat", "com", "pif" files NOTE: Uses the GetFiles, GetDirectories, and GetAllFiles routines

Returns a collection with the names of all the image files in a directory or a directory tree this includes all the image types that can be loaded into a PictureBox control NOTE: Uses the GetFiles, GetDirectories, and GetAllFiles routines

The attributes of a file in a readable format. It works also with open files, raises an error if the file doesn't exist.

shorten a path by using ellipses, if necessary, so that it fits inside a window if maxWidth=-1 or omitted, it uses the entire window's width

compare two files return True if they're equal

Returns a collection with the names of all the files that match a file specification The file specification can include wildcards; multiple specifications can be provided, using a semicolon-delimited list, as in "*.tmp;*.bat" If RECURSEDIR is True the search is extended to all ...

Returns a collection holding all the subdirectories in a path that match search attributes (optionally it returns the entire path).

Returns a collection holding all the filenames that match a given filespec and search attributes.

list all the files in a directory if NESTEDDIRS = True it lists a whole directory tree returns a 1-based array containing all the listed files

create a nested directory it's similar to MkDir, but it also creates all intermediary sub-directories

The Microsoft Scripting Runtime Library offers a FileSystemObject and a Drive object that allow you to check if a Floppy drive is ready. Before writing the code you have to add this library to your project using the References dialog window. If the library isn't contained in the list, you can ...

The simplest way to help user copy a floppy disk is display the Copy Disk system dialog. You can do this with a one-line statement: Shell "rundll32.exe diskcopy.dll,DiskCopyRunDll 0,0"

You can search a file in all the subdirectories of a given drive in VB using a recursive routine based on the Dir$ function, the FileSystemObject component, or the FindFirstFile/FindNextFile API functions. There is a fourth way you might want to try out, based on the SearchTreeForFile function ...

return a file path not longer than the number of character specified in the 2nd argument If necessary, it replaces directory names with ellipsises Author: Fred Block CuzWare Systems E-mail: fblock@cuzware.com Web Site: http://www.cuzware.com

Retrieve the Create date, Modify (write) date and Last Access date of the specified file. Returns True if successful, False otherwise.

Get versioning information about a file it only works with Win32 files, and under Windows 95/98 the short path form of the specified file name must be less than 126 characters. If unsuccessful returns Empty If successful returns an array of strings in the format "resourcename: ...

The Windows shell provides a function that lets you add a file to the list of the recent documents, that is the list that you can access from the Start menu: Private Declare Function SHAddToRecentDocs Lib "shell32.dll" (ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwData As String) As Long

Convert a short file/path name to a long name the file or path must exist returns a null string in case of error IMPORTANT: this function is only available under Windows 98 and Windows 2000

Convert a long file/path name to a short 8.3 name the path must exist, but the file doesn't have to Return a null string in case of error

Return the volume label of a disk Pass a null string for the current disk