get the file name

[discusmania]

hi guys...
this is the value of html file control
D:\Profiles\12009979\My Documents\Batch Insert.doc

what i want is i want to be able to break the value into filename, file extention, folders and so on....what should i do?

thanks

 

[GIGN]

Use string manipulation to break off the parts. So you could use something like:
<%
'====================================================================
' Function will get the file name from the full path.
'====================================================================
Function extractFilename(pathName)
extractFilename = Mid(pathName, InstrRev(pathName, &quot;\&quot + 1)
If extractFilename = pathName Then
extractFilename = Mid(pathName, InstrRev(pathName, &quot;/&quot + 1)
End If
End Function

%>

The function just searches from the end of the string, for the first slash, indicating the start of filename. The VBscript language reference is very useful for such things as they have a different approach than some other langauges like Java.
I recommend downloading the whole thing, it has helped me no end.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/default.htm?/scripting/vbscript/doc/vsstmIf.htm

There is a link to downloads on the left
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