ParentFolder Property

Description

Returns the Folder object for the parent of the specified file. Read-only.

PowerBASIC Syntax

PROPERTY GET ParentFolder () AS IFolder

Return Value

IDispatch. Reference to a IFolder interface.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM fso AS IFileSystem

DIM pFile AS IFile

DIM pFolder AS IFolder

' Create an instance of the FileSystemObject

fso = NEWCOM "Scripting.FileSystemObject"

' Get a reference to the IFile interface

pFile = fso.GetFile(UCODE$("C:\MyPath\MyFile.txt"))

' Get a reference to the parent's IFolder interface

pFolder = pFile.ParentFolder

' Get and display the name of the parent folder

MSGBOX ACODE$(pFolder.Name)

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