Directory and File Operations
In past versions of Visual Basic, we were relegated to the FileSystemObject (or a similar third-party control) or the Win32 API to implement most file operations. The System.IO namespace provides a robust set of objects for our tool belt. These objects can be leveraged to solve a host of problems and ease and simplify interaction with the file system.
As programmers, it is important for us to understand the key aspects of the Windows file system. A file, in Windows, is an ordered and named collection of a sequence of bytes having persistent storage. When you think of files, you think of a filename, file size, attributes, and directory path. Directories in Windows are simply another type of file that contains other ...
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