Classic ASP

Determine File Type

Demonstrates how to determine the type of file. Possible types are:

1: Regular file
2: Directory
3: Symbolic Link
4: Windows shortcut
99: Something else
0: File not found
-1: Unable to check because of directory permissions or other error.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
'  Call the FileType method to determine the file type.
'  (Note: FileType is a method, not a property.)

set fac = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
fileType = fac.FileType("qa_data/shortcuts/chilkat_pkcs7_shortcut.xml")
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "fileType = " & fileType) & "</pre>"

'  Possible fileType values are:
'  1: Regular file
'  2:  Directory
'  3: Symbolic Link
'  4: Windows shortcut
'  99: Something else
'  0: File not found
'  -1: Unable to check because of directory permissions or other error.

%>
</body>
</html>