GetFilenamePart()

Summary

Gets a part of a file path or folder name.

 

Syntax

parts = GetFilenamePart(string pathname, string whatpart)

 

Argument	Contents
pathname	A path to a file or folder
whatpart	The part of the filepath or folder name that should be returned. Supported items and returned values are: "Drive", "Path", "Name", "Title", "Extension", "Parent Folder". See below for the returned values for each option.

 

Returns

An string with the file part requested.

 

 

Whatpart	Returned value
Drive	Returns the path drive (e.g. "C:" )
Path	Returns the path or folder name (e.g. "c:\\Program Files\\Maptitude 2021\\" )
Name	Returns the filename and extension (e.g. "mapt.exe" )
Title	Returns the filename without the extension (e.g. "mapt" )
Extension	Returns the filename extension (e.g. ".exe" )
Parent Folder	Returns the parent folder (e.g. "c:\\Program Files\\" )

 

 

 

Example

 

filepath = "c:\\MySubfolder\\MyFilename.txt"

ext = GetFilenamePart(filepath , "Extension")

path = GetFilenamePart(filepath , "Path")

 

 

See Also

Function	Summary
GetLongPathName()	Returns the full, long path name for a file
GetShortPathName()	Returns the short path name for a file
SplitPath()	Splits a path and filename into its component parts.