Renaming files

[John]

Hi

How can I rename a file on disk in vb,net? Basically I am looking for vb.net
equivalent of the vba Name command.

Thanks

Regards

[Dale Levesque]

My.Computer.Filesystem.RenameFile
or

' How to move / rename a file.
Private Sub button6_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)

Dim fi As New FileInfo("myImage.gif")

fi.MoveTo("myImage2.gif")

End Sub 'button6_Click


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Hi

How can I rename a file on disk in vb,net? Basically I am looking for
vb.net equivalent of the vba Name command.

Thanks

Regards

[kimiraikkonen]

On Mar 25, 4:11 am, "John" <[e-mail]:

Hi

How can I rename a file on disk in vb,net? Basically I am looking for vb.net
equivalent of the vba Name command.

Thanks

Regards

An alternative way:

' Specify file that you want to rename
Dim file As New System.IO.FileInfo("c:\test.txt")

' Copy current file with a new file name
file.CopyTo("c:\new_test.txt")

' Delete old file
file.Delete()

but i think "My" namespace is much easy-to-use.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"John" <in**@nospam.infovis.co.ukschrieb:

How can I rename a file on disk in vb,net? Basically I am looking for
vb.net equivalent of the vba Name command.

Take a look at these functions/methods:

'Rename'
'My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile'
'My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameDirectory'
'File.Move'
'Directory.Move'

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
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