imports system.io
dim Filename as string = "C:\Users\Sony\Desktop\Readme.txt"
dim FileInfo as new fileinfo(filename)
'this gets the filename and extension e.g. readme.txt
messagebox.show (Fileinfo.name)
'this gets the extension
messagebox.show (Fileinfo.extension)
'this gets the directory name
messagebox.show (Fileinfo.Directory)
fileinfo = nothing 'i prefer to destory objects rather than waiting for the garbage collector
But you can get more information from the full filename such as:
1. Creation time
2. If the file exists
3. Readonly
4. Last Accesstimes and Writetimes
This is what I would call better file based.
