See Also Applies To

Description

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

Syntax

object.Type

The object is always a File or Folder object.

Remarks

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 fs, f, s;
 fs = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
 if (fs.FolderExists(filespec))
 f = fs.GetFolder(filespec);
 else if (fs.FileExists(filespec))
 f = fs.GetFile(filespec);
 else
 s = "File or Folder does not exist.";
 s = f.Name + " is a " + f.Type; Response.Write(s);
}