Hello,

Suppose in VB.NET I have a file at:

c:\bitmaps\image1.bmp

and I want to get the "basename" (ie:  image1)
and the "path" (ie:  c:\bitmaps\)

How do I go about it?  It doesn't appear that  io.file has these
features?

Thanks.

I think one of the easiest ways is to use the FileInfo class.
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Look at System.IO.Path.Get<what you need>()

samadams_2***@yahoo.ca wrote:
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If you're using VB2005:

Console.Writeline(Path.GetDirectoryName("C:\bitmaps\image1.bmp"))

will give you "C:\Bitmaps"

Path also has GetFileName (image1.bmp), GetExtension (bmp),
GetFileNameWithoutExtension (image), GetPathRoot (C:\) ....

Robin S.
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