File System Object Vs Files

Type of the File
File Information
Copy a file
Move a file
Delete a file
Create a Text File
Appending Text to File
Reads Specified Number of characters from a Text File
Reads all the characters from a Text File
Reads the Text File Line by Line
Writes Text to a File
Writes Blank Line to a File
Column Number of current character position
Line Number of current position
'Syntax: 'OpenTextFile
'OpenTextFile(filename[, iomode[, create[, format]]])
'iomode:
'ForReading - 1 - Opens a file for Read Only
'ForWriting - 2 - Opens a file for Reading and Writing
'ForAppending - 8 - Opens a file for Appending

Delete FileObject.Delete(force)
'force is boolean value
True - Files with Read-Only attribute is deleted
Move FileObject.Move(Destination)

File Type '0 - Normal File '1 - Read Only File
'2 - Hidden File
'4 - System File
'8 - Volume File - Disk Drive Volume Label
'16 - Folder or Directory
'32 - Archieve - File has changed
'1024 - Alias
'2048 - Compressed File

Dim fso, f, s
Dim PathOfTheFile PathOfTheFile = "C:\NewDebug.xml"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set FileInfo = fso.GetFile(PathOfTheFile)
AttrVal = FileInfo.Attributes
If AttrVal = 1 then
Msgbox "Normal File"
Else
Msgbox "Not a Normal File"
End If

File Information
Dim fso, f, s
Dim PathOfTheFile
PathOfTheFile = "C:\Documents and Settings\...\Desktop\NewDebug.txt"
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set FileInfo = fso.GetFile(PathOfTheFile)
s = "Date on which the file is Created: "&FileInfo.DateCreated &vbcrlf
s = s & "Date on which the file is Last Accessed: "&FileInfo.DateLastAccessed&vbcrlf
s = s & "Date on which the file is Last Modified: "&FileInfo.DateLastModified & vbcrlf
s = s & "Drive on which the file is Saved: "&FileInfo.Drive & vbcrlf
s = s & "Name of the file: "&FileInfo.Name & vbcrlf
s = s & "Name of the folder on which the file is saved: "&FileInfo.ParentFolder&vbcrlf
s = s & "Path of the file: "&FileInfo.Path&vbCrlf
s = s & "Short Name of the file: "&FileInfo.ShortName&vbcrlf
s = s & "Short Path of the file: "&FileInfo.ShortPath & vbcrlf
s = s & "Total Size of the file: "&FileInfo.Size & vbcrlf
s = s & "Type of the file: "&FileInfo.Type
msgbox s

'Copy a file from One location to Another location
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
SourceFilePath = "D:\debugnew.txt"
DestinationFilePath = "D:\debugnew1.txt"
Set objFileCopy = objFSO.GetFile(SourceFilePath)
If objFSO.FileExists(DestinationFilePath)Then
objFileCopy.Copy(DestinationFilePath)
End If

'Move a file from One location to Another location
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
SourceFilePath = "d:\debugnew.txt"
DestinationFolder = "C:\"
Set SourceFile = objFSO.GetFile(SourceFilePath)
SourceFile.Move DestinationFolder

'Delete a file
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
FilePath = "D:\debugnew.txt"
Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile(FilePath)
If objFSO.FileExists(FilePath)Then
objFile.Delete
End If

'Create a text file
Dim fso, tf
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set Textfile = fso.CreateTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",True) Textfile.WriteLine("First Sentence")
Textfile.Close
Set Textfile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

'Appending Text to File
Dim ForAppending, fso, TextFile
ForAppending = 8
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextFile = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",ForAppending)
TextFile.WriteLine("Fail")
TextFile.Close
Set TextFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

'Reading Text from File
Const ForReading =1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextFile = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",ForReading)
Text=TextFile.Read(10) 'Reads first 10 characters
Msgbox "First 10 characters of file is "&Text
TextFile.Close
Set TextFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

'Reading All the Text from File
Const ForReading =1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextFile = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",ForReading)
Text=TextFile.ReadAll 'Reads entire file
Msgbox "File Contents "&Text
TextFile.Close
Set TextFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

'Reading Text File Line by Line
Const ForReading =1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextFile = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",ForReading)
linecount = 0
Text = ""
Do While TextFile.AtEndOfStream <> True
linecount = linecount + 1
Text=Text&"line "&linecount&" "&TextFile.ReadLine&vbCrLf
Loop
Msgbox "File Contents "&Text
TextFile.Close
Set TextFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

'Writes Text to a File
Const ForReading =1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextFile = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",ForWriting, True)
TextFile.Write "This is a new String of Data"
TextFile.Close
Set TextFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

'Writes Blank Line to a File
Const ForReading =1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextFile = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",ForWriting, True)
TextFile.WriteBlankLines(3) 'Writes 3 Blank Lines to the Text File
TextFile.Write "This is a new String of Data"
TextFile.Close
Set TextFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

Column Number of current character position
Const ForReading =1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextFile = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",ForWriting, True)
Text = TextFile.ReadLine
ColNum = Text.Column
TextFile.Close
Set TextFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

'Line Number of current position
Const ForReading =1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set TextFile = fso.OpenTextFile("C:\FileName.txt",ForReading, True)
Text = TextFile.ReadAll
LineNum = Text.Line 'Gets the Last Line Number
msgbox "Number of Lines in the Text File "&LineNum TextFile.Close
Set TextFile = Nothing
Set fso = Nothing

'Gets the current folder path
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
GetCurrentFolder= fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".")