Type Property

Description

Returns information about the type of a file.

PowerBASIC Syntax

PROPERTY GET Type () AS STRING

Return Value

BSTR. The type of file.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM fso AS IFileSystem

DIM pFile AS IFile

' 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 and display the type

MSGBOX "File type: " & ACODE$(pFile.Type)

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