getFileType

Last week I showed you how to get the size of a file. This week I'm going to show you how to get the type of a file. This is useful if you want to display an icon or bit of text next to a hyperlink to indicate the file type. Some people like to use this to warn visitors when they link to a PDF file, because PDF readers can take a while to load.

ASP

1. function getFileType(someFile)
2.     dim fs
4.     set fs = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
5.     getFileType = fs.GetExtensionName(Server.MapPath(someFile))
6.     set fs = nothing
7. end function

See you next week!

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