File

Remarks

This class cannot be directly created. To access the methods use the variable name directly.

 Debug.Print File.Exists("MyFile.txt")
 

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Methods:

Name	Description
AppendAllText	Append a text string to the end of a specified file using the supplied encoding.
AppendText	Opens a file to be written to starting at the end of the file.
Copy	Copies a file.
Create	Creates a file. If the file already exists, it is overwritten.
CreateText	Creates a file using a UTF8Encoding. If the file already exists, then it is overwritten.
Delete	Deletes a file.
Exists	Determines if a file exists.
GetAttributes	Returns the file attributes (ReadOnly, Hidden, ...)
GetCreationTime	Returns the time the file was created in local time.
GetCreationTimeUtc	Returns the time the file was created in UTC time.
GetLastAccessTime	Returns the time the file was accessed in local time.
GetLastAccessTimeUtc	Returns The last time a file was accessed in UTC time.
GetLastWriteTime	Returns the last time the file was written to in local time.
GetLastWriteTimeUtc	Returns the last time the file was written to in UTC time.
Move	Moves a file from one location to another.
OpenFile	Opens a file with a FileStream
OpenRead	Opens a file for reading as a FileStream.
OpenText	Opens a file for reading through a StreamReader.
OpenWrite	Opens a file for writing as a FileStream.
ReadAllBytes	Reads an entire file into a byte array.
ReadAllLines	Opens a file, reads all lines in a file into an array and closes the files.
ReadAllText	Reads the entire contents of a file and returns it as a String.
SetAttributes	Sets the file attributes (ReadOnly, Hidden, ...)
SetCreationTime	Sets the time of creation for a file in local time.
SetCreationTimeUtc	Sets the time of creation for a file in UTC time.
SetLastAccessTime	Sets the last time the file was accessed in local time.
SetLastAccessTimeUtc	Sets the last time the file was accessed in UTC time.
SetLastWriteTime	Sets the last time the file was written to in local time.
SetLastWriteTimeUtc	Sets the last time the file was written to in UTC time.
WriteAllbytes	Opens a file, writes all bytes to the file, then closes the file.
WriteAllLines	Opens a file, writes all strings to the file with appended new line values, then closes the file.
WriteAllText	Opens a files, writes out all contents to the file, then closes the file.