>>I was doing a little coding in VB on the weekend, trying to simulate ADIR and other functions when I came across the File System Object.
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>>This object model of the file system, which also has methods to move and delete and rename files etc. is very elegant and works well in VFP.
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>>Here is a minor sample of what I mean. Change the path in GetFolder to one that exists on your own system.
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>>hide windows all
>>clear
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>>fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
>>fldr = fso.GetFolder("e:\vfp")
>>? "path is: " + fldr.path
>>? "Folder name is: " + fldr.name
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>>for each mfile in fldr.files
>> ? "File name is : " + PADR(mfile.name, 40) + " " + str(mfile.size)
>>endfor
>>
>>?
>>? "Folders found in this directory:"
>>For Each mfolder in fldr.subfolders
>> ? mfolder.name
>>endfor
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>I fail to do this code:
>fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
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>What should I install to make it works!?
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>e.g. if install MS Office can make: CreateObject("Word.Basic")

It requires the DLL SCRRUN.DLL. I'm not sure what loaded it, Visual Studio, VB 6.0. IIS. It is part of the scripting engine that I suppose may come with the internet tools, maybe even FrontPage!