Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Type Property | Language Reference Version 3

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##### 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 ShowFolderType(filespec)
> >       Dim fso, f, s
> >       Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >       Set f = fso.GetFolder(filespec)
> >       s = UCase(f.Name) & " is a " & f.Type
> >       ShowFolderType = s
> >     End Function

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