Method: GetTempName for FileSystemObject
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Method: GetTempName for FileSystemObject
Specifies the name of a temporary folder or a temporary file.
sGetTempName = Object.GetTempName
| Object | FileSystemObject Object with this method |
| sGetTempName | String |
The following example creates a temporary file and writes text into this file.
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