SAMPLE: FSOSamp.exe Application Uses the FileSystem Object

ID: Q190882

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SUMMARY

FsoSamp.exe is a self-extracting executable file containing a Microsoft Visual Basic project that demonstrates the use of the FileSystem Object (scrrun.dll) that ships with the versions of Visual Basic listed above.

This "Explorer" style sample application demonstrates accessing the properties of Drives, Folders, and Files, as well as creating and editing text files on the machine in which it is running.


MORE INFORMATION

The Microsoft Script Runtime (scrrun.dll) can also be obtained by downloading from the following Web Site:

http://www.microsoft.com/scripting

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

~ FSOSamp.exe

Release Date: 11-12-1998

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q119591 : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services



When you run the self-extracting executable file, the following files are expanded into the FileSystem Object Sample Project directory: 

   About.frm
   About.frx
   Cdrom02.ico
   Computer.ico
   Drive01.ico
   Drive02.ico
   DriveProperties.frm
   DriveProperties.frx
   Edit.frm
   Edit.frx
   File.ico
   FileProperties.frm
   FileProperties.frx
   Files08.ico
   Folder1.ico
   Folder2.ico
   FolderProperties.frm
   FolderProperties.frx
   Fso.bas
   Fso.exe
   Fso.vbp
   fso.vbw
   Fsosamp.exe
   Main.frm
   Main.frx
   Pc04.ico
   Splash.frm
   Splash.frx

Additional query words: kbdss kbDSupport kbVBp kbVBp600 KBSAMPLE 


Keywords          : kbfile kbsample kbVBp600 
Version           : 
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: May 28, 1999