Re: How to Get File Path

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Tom:

Yours is even simpler.

Venki

"Tom Shelton" wrote:

> In article <#o#N5i1pFHA.2072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dustin Wilson wrote:
> > I'm looking for a quick function that will give me just the path for a file.
> > For example if I have the string "C:\Temp\MyFile.txt", I want to just return
> > just the string "C:\Temp\". How is this done using VB.NET?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dustin
> >
> >
> Imports System.IO
>
> ....
>
> Dim fi As New FileInfo ("C:\Temp\MyFile.txt")
> Console.WriteLine (fi.DirectoryName)
>
> --
> Tom Shelton [MVP]
>
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