Finding the extension of a file

[vdraceil]

Hi,does anyone know how to find the extension of a file knowing only the name of the file?to be more clear,i want to know the extension of some file with its path and file name-"C:\folder\file"..How do i do it by coding in vb6.0?

[mafaisal]

Hello,

Try The Following

Dim ExtName as string
Dim FileName as string
FileName = "Test.Txt" ' for example

ExtName = Mid(FileName ,InStrRev(FileName , ".")+1, Len(FileName ))

then got ExtName = "Txt"

If not this plz ignore

Faisal

[vdraceil]

Hello,

Try The Following

Dim ExtName as string
Dim FileName as string
FileName = "Test.Txt" ' for example

ExtName = Mid(FileName ,InStrRev(FileName , ".")+1, Len(FileName ))

then got ExtName = "Txt"

If not this plz ignore

Faisal

Hi mafaisal,i think u didnt get my question.U've just taken FileName="Test.txt".My question was if i know a file name(just the name and not its extension) and its correct path,can i find its extension using VB6.0?.Take FileName="C:\Folder\File".I want to find the extension of the file "File".

[mafaisal]

Hello
Ok Understand

Try this

Add reference microsoft scripting runtime

Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
Dim F1 As File
Dim FOL As Folder
Set FOL = FSO.GetFolder(Path of File)
Dim Ext
For Each F1 In FOL.Files
 Ext = Split(F1.Name, ".")
 MsgBox Ext(1)
Next
 
 

Hope this will Help u

Faisal

Hi mafaisal,i think u didnt get my question.U've just taken FileName="Test.txt".My question was if i know a file name(just the name and not its extension) and its correct path,can i find its extension using VB6.0?.Take FileName="C:\Folder\File".I want to find the extension of the file "File".