Name Property (FileSystemObject)

Sets or returns the name of a specified file or folder. Read/write.

object.Name [= newname] 

Arguments

  • object
    Required. Always the name of a File or Folder object.

  • newname
    Optional. If provided, newname is the new name of the specified object.

Remarks

The following code illustrates the use of the Name property:

function ShowFileAccessInfo(filespec)
{
   var fso, f, s;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
   f = fso.GetFile(filespec);
   s = f.Name + " on Drive " + f.Drive + "<br>";
   s += "Created: " + f.DateCreated + "<br>";
   s += "Last Accessed: " + f.DateLastAccessed + "<br>";
   s += "Last Modified: " + f.DateLastModified;
   return(s);
}
Function ShowFileAccessInfo(filespec)
   Dim fso, f, s
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.GetFile(filespec)
   s = f.Name & " on Drive " & UCase(f.Drive) & "<BR>"
   s = s & "Created: " & f.DateCreated & "<BR>"
   s = s & "Last Accessed: " & f.DateLastAccessed & "<BR>"
   s = s & "Last Modified: " & f.DateLastModified   
   ShowFileAccessInfo = 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

ParentFolder Property

Path Property (FileSystemObject)

ShortName Property

ShortPath Property

Size Property

SubFolders Property

Type Property