GetExtensionName method

Returns a string containing the extension name for the last component in a path.

Syntax

object.GetExtensionName (path)

The GetExtensionName method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.
path Required. The path specification for the component whose extension name is to be returned.

Remarks

For network drives, the root directory (****) is considered to be a component.

The GetExtensionName method returns a zero-length string ("") if no component matches the path argument.

See also

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