GetFileName

Returns the part of a path after its last backslash.

Syntax: object.GetFileName ( strFullPath ) As String

object
required An object expression that evaluates to a cDialog.
strFullPath
required A String, a path or a file name.

Remarks

GetFileName returns the file name of a path, with its extension: the name in C:\Docs\summary.txt is summary.txt.

  • Only the backslash separates folders. A forward slash is an ordinary character, so a path written with forward slashes is returned unchanged.
  • A string with no backslash is returned unchanged: summary.txt gives summary.txt.
  • A string that ends with a backslash, such as C:\Docs\, gives an empty string.

The method works on text only. It does not check that the file exists, and it reads no property of the object.

Example 

Dim dlg As New cDialog
Debug.Print dlg.GetFileName("C:\Docs\Reports\summary.txt")   ' summary.txt
Debug.Print dlg.GetFileName("summary.txt")                   ' summary.txt
Debug.Print "[" & dlg.GetFileName("C:\Docs\") & "]"          ' []
Debug.Print dlg.GetFileName("C:/Docs/summary.txt")           ' C:/Docs/summary.txt

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