Thursday, April 26, 2007

Access the File System with .NET Framework Classes from Visual Basic 6.0

VB Fusion

Accessing Data from Visual Basic 6.0
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Access the File System with .NET Framework Classes from Visual Basic 6.0 Accessing the file system is a common application requirement, and in the spirit of Microsoft Visual Basic Fusion, this article shows how to access some of the best Microsoft .NET Framework file system functionality from existing Visual Basic 6.0 applications. Learn how to get the extension for a file, the directory portion or a path, or the file name portion of a path. Learn how to fire events every time the contents of a directory change.