What is the ASP folder object?

If we want any kind of information about a specific folder, we can use the ASP Folder object.

Below are some of the methods, collections, and properties involved:

Methods

• CreateTextFile: This creates a new text file in a specific folder. It returns an object of TextStream to access the file.

• Copy: This copies one folder from one location to another.

• Move: This moves one folder from one location to another.

• Delete: This deletes a specific folder.

Collections

• Files: This returns all the files which are present in the specified folder.

• SubFolders: This returns all the subfolders which are present in the specified folder.

Properties

• Name: This specifies or returns the name of a specific folder.

• Size: This returns the total size of a specific folder.

• Type: This returns the type of a specific folder.

• ParentFolder: This retrieves the parent folder of a specific folder.

• Path: This retrieves the path of a specific folder.

• ShortName: This returns the short name of a specific folder based on the version 8.3 naming convention.

• ShortPath: This returns the short path of a specific folder based on the version 8.3 naming convention.

• Attributes: This sets or retrieves the attributes of a specific folder.

• Drive: This retrieves the drive letter where the specific file is present.

• IsRootFolder: This returns true if a specific folder is a root folder. Otherwise, it returns false.

• DateCreated: This retrieves the time and date when a specific folder was created.

• DateLastModified: This retrieves the time and date when a specific folder was last modified.

• DateLastAccessed: This retrieves the time and date when a specific folder was last accessed.