Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition GetFolder Method | Language Reference Version 3

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##### Description

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

##### Syntax

> object.GetFolder(folderspec)

> The GetFolder method syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> 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

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