Type Property

Description

Returns information about the type of a file or folder. For example, for files ending in .TXT, "Text Document" is returned.

Syntax

object.Type

The object is always a File or Folder object.

Remarks

The following code illustrates the use of the Type property to return a folder type. In this example, try providing the path of the Recycle Bin or other unique folder to the procedure.

function ShowFileType(filespec)
{
  var fso, f, s;
  fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
  if (fso.FolderExists(filespec))
    f = fso.GetFolder(filespec);
  else if (fso.FileExists(filespec))
    f = fso.GetFile(filespec);
  else
    s = "File or Folder does not exist.";
  s = f.Name + " is a " + f.Type; 
  return(s);
}