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Home : .NET : ASP : Working with Drives, Folders and Files in ASP
 

Properties and Methods of File Object
Properties of File.

Property Description
Attributes Returns attributes for the file which may be Normal(0), ReadOnly(1), Hidden(2), System(4), Volume(name)(8), Directory(File)(16), Archive(32), Alias(64) or Compressed(128).
DateCreated Returns date and time when file was created.
DateLastAccessed Returns date and time when file was last accessed.
DateLastModified Returns date and time when file was last modified.
Drive Returns Drive object where the file resides.
Name Sets or returns name of the file.
ParentFolder Returns Folder object for the parent folder of this file.
Path Returns complete path for the file.
ShortName Returns DOS style 8.3 version of file name.
ShortPath Returns DOS style 8.3 version of file path.
Size Returns size of the file in bytes.
Type Returns a descriptive string for the current file.

Methods of File.

Method Description
Copy(destination, overwrite) Copies this file to destination.
Delete(force) Deletes the current file.
Move(destination) Moves the file to destination.
CreateTextFile(name, overwrite, unicode) Creates a new text file under the current folder and returns a TextStream object for this file. If overwrite argument is True then existing file with same name is deleted. unicode argument is optional.
OpenAsTextStream(iomode, format) Opens a file for reading(1), writing(2) or appending(8) and returns a TextStream object for this file.

Properties and Methods of TextStream Object
Properties of TextStream.

Property Description
AtEndOfLine Returns True if file pointer is at the end of line.
AtEndOfStream Returns True if file pointer is at the end of file.
Column Returns column number for the current character in the file starting from 1.
Line Returns current line number within the file starting from 1.

Methods of TextStream.

Method Description
Close() Closes the open file.
Read(numOfCharacters) Reads specified number of characters from a file.
ReadAll() Reads the content of the file and returns a single string.
ReadLine() Reads one line of the file.
Skip(numOfCharacters) Skips through the numOfCharacters when reading through a file.
SkipLine() Skips the current line and moves to the next line.
Write(string) Writes given string to the file.
WriteLine(string) Writes a string and appends new line character after it.
WriteBlankLines(number) Writes number of new line characters to the file.

Properties and Methods of File Object
Properties of File.

Property Description
Attributes Returns attributes for the file which may be Normal(0), ReadOnly(1), Hidden(2), System(4), Volume(name)(8), Directory(File)(16), Archive(32), Alias(64) or Compressed(128).
DateCreated Returns date and time when file was created.
DateLastAccessed Returns date and time when file was last accessed.
DateLastModified Returns date and time when file was last modified.
Drive Returns Drive object where the file resides.
Name Sets or returns name of the file.
ParentFolder Returns Folder object for the parent folder of this file.
Path Returns complete path for the file.
ShortName Returns DOS style 8.3 version of file name.
ShortPath Returns DOS style 8.3 version of file path.
Size Returns size of the file in bytes.
Type Returns a descriptive string for the current file.

Methods of File.

Method Description
Copy(destination, overwrite) Copies this file to destination.
Delete(force) Deletes the current file.
Move(destination) Moves the file to destination.
CreateTextFile(name, overwrite, unicode) Creates a new text file under the current folder and returns a TextStream object for this file. If overwrite argument is True then existing file with same name is deleted. unicode argument is optional.
OpenAsTextStream(iomode, format) Opens a file for reading(1), writing(2) or appending(8) and returns a TextStream object for this file.

Properties and Methods of TextStream Object
Properties of TextStream.

Property Description
AtEndOfLine Returns True if file pointer is at the end of line.
AtEndOfStream Returns True if file pointer is at the end of file.
Column Returns column number for the current character in the file starting from 1.
Line Returns current line number within the file starting from 1.

Methods of TextStream.

Method Description
Close() Closes the open file.
Read(numOfCharacters) Reads specified number of characters from a file.
ReadAll() Reads the content of the file and returns a single string.
ReadLine() Reads one line of the file.
Skip(numOfCharacters) Skips through the numOfCharacters when reading through a file.
SkipLine() Skips the current line and moves to the next line.
Write(string) Writes given string to the file.
WriteLine(string) Writes a string and appends new line character after it.
WriteBlankLines(number) Writes number of new line characters to the file.

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