Method: GetSpecialFolder for FileSystemObject

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Returns a particular folder.

Set oFolder = Object.GetSpecialFolder(SpecialFolder)

Object

FileSystemObject
Object with this method

SpecialFolder

Enumeration with the following selection terms:

0	WindowsFolder	Specifies the Windows folder.
1	SystemFolder	Specifies the Windows system folder.
2	TemporaryFolder	Specifies the general temporary path of the operating system.

oFolder

Folder
Returned object

The following example creates a temporary file and writes text into this file.

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Function CreateTempFile 
  Dim fso, sTempName, oMyTempFolder
  Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  Dim tfolder, tname, tfile
  Const TemporaryFolder = 2
  Set oMyTempFolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder)
  sTempName = fso.GetTempName    
  Set CreateTempFile = oMyTempFolder.CreateTextFile(sTempName)
End Function

Dim oMyTempFile
Set oMyTempFile = CreateTempFile
oMyTempFile.WriteLine "This is a temporary file!"
oMyTempFile.Close

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Method: GetSpecialFolder for FileSystemObject

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