GetFolder Method

Returns a Folder object corresponding to the folder in a specified path.

object.GetFolder(folderspec)

Arguments

object

Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.

folderspec

Required. The folderspec is the path (absolute or relative) to a specific folder.

Remarks

An error occurs if the specified folder does not exist.

The following example illustrates the use of the GetFolder method to return a folder object:

Sub AddNewFolder(path, folderName)
   Dim fso, f, fc, nf
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.GetFolder(path)
   Set fc = f.SubFolders
   If folderName <> "" Then
      Set nf = fc.Add(folderName)
   Else
      Set nf = fc.Add("New Folder")
   End If
End Sub

See Also

GetAbsolutePathName Method | GetBaseName Method | GetDrive Method | GetDriveName Method | GetExtensionName Method | GetFile Method | GetFileName Method | GetParentFolderName Method | GetSpecialFolder Method | GetTempName Method

Applies To: FileSystemObject Object