GetTempName Method

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12/04/2006

Returns a randomly generated temporary file or folder name that is useful for performing operations that require a temporary file or folder.


object.GetTempName ( )

Remarks

The optional object is always the name of a FileSystemObject.

The GetTempName method does not create a file. It provides only a temporary file name that can be used with CreateTextFile to create a file.

The following example illustrates the use of the GetTempName method.

var fso, tempfile;

fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");



function CreateTempFile()

{

   var tfolder, tfile, tname, fname, TemporaryFolder = 2;

   tfolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder);

   tname = fso.GetTempName();

   tfile = tfolder.CreateTextFile(tname);

   return(tfile);

}

tempfile = CreateTempFile();

tempfile.writeline("Hello World");

tempfile.close();

Dim fso, tempfile

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")



Function CreateTempFile 

   Dim tfolder, tname, tfile

   Const TemporaryFolder = 2

   Set tfolder = fso.GetSpecialFolder(TemporaryFolder)

   tname = fso.GetTempName    

   Set tfile = tfolder.CreateTextFile(tname)

   Set CreateTempFile = tfile

End Function



Set tempfile = CreateTempFile

tempfile.WriteLine "Hello World"

tempfile.Close

Applies To:

FileSystemObject Object

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