Type Property

Returns information about the type of a file or folder. For example, for files ending in .TXT, "Text Document" is returned.

                      object.Type 

Remarks

The object is always a File or Folder object.

The following code illustrates the use of the Type property to return a folder type. In this example, try providing the path of the Recycle Bin or other unique folder to the procedure.

function ShowFileType(filespec)
{
   var fso, f, s;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   if (fso.FolderExists(filespec))
      f = fso.GetFolder(filespec);
   else if (fso.FileExists(filespec))
      f = fso.GetFile(filespec);
   else
      s = "File or Folder does not exist.";
   s = f.Name + " is a " + f.Type; 
   return(s);
}

Function ShowFolderType(filespec)
   Dim fso, f, s
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.GetFolder(filespec)
   s = UCase(f.Name) & " is a " & f.Type
   ShowFolderType = s
End Function

Applies To:

File Object| Folder Object

See Also

Reference

Attributes Property

DateCreated Property

DateLastAccessed Property

DateLastModified Property

Drive Property

Files Property (FileSystemObject)

IsRootFolder Property

Name Property (FileSystemObject)

ParentFolder Property

Path Property (FileSystemObject)

ShortName Property

ShortPath Property

Size Property

SubFolders Property