FileSystemObject.BuildPath() : FileSystemObject : MS JScript JAVASCRIPT TUTORIALS

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FileSystemObject.BuildPath()

Syntax



filesystemobject.BuildPath(path, name)

path -- String representing existing path

name -- Name being appended to existing path

The BuildPath() method is used to append a name to an existing path.

A separator is inserted between the existing path and the appended name if necessary.



<html>
    <body>
    <script language="JScript">
    <!--
    function GetNewPath(path)
    {
        var myObject, newpath;
        myObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
        newpath = myObject.BuildPath(path, "/newstuff");
        alert("The result is: " + newpath);
    }
    -->
    </script>
    Append "/newstuff" to the existing path: "c:/tmp"
    <form name="myForm">
    <input type="Button" value="Build Path" onClick='GetNewPath("c:/tmp")'>
    </form>
    </body>
    </html>