VBScript Reference Manual for InduSoft Web Studio

InduSoft Web Studio VBScript Reference Manual
Drive Object
The Drive Object lets the programmer refer to a specific disk drive or network share drive. Once the Drive object
is instantiated, it can be referred to as an object from VBScript and its various Properties accessed.
The Drive Object is instantiated as follows:
Dim fso, d, driveSpec
Set fso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) ‘Instantiate the FSO Object
driveSpec = “c”
Set d = fso.GetDrive(driveSpec) ‘Instantiate the Drive Object
See the GetDrive method under the FileSystemObject Object Model section for additional details on instantiation
of the Drive Object.
The Drive object has no Methods, only Properties. These properties are generally read-only and follow the format:
return = objDrive.Property
where
return = return value or a returned object
objDrive = the required Drive object (“d” in the examples below)
Property = the Drive object property being accessed
Property AvailableSpace
Description: Returns the amount of space available to a user on the specified drive or network share drive.
Use: intSpace = objDrive.AvailableSpace
Arguments: objDrive
Required. The name of a Drive Object previously instantiated.
Return: The read-only value returned by the AvailableSpace property is typically the same as that
returned by the FreeSpace property. Differences may occur between the two for computer
systems that support quotas.
Remarks: Read only.
Example: Dim fso, d
Set fso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) ‘Instantiate the FSO object
Set d = fso.GetDrive(fso.GetDriveName(“c:”)
MsgBox “Available Space = “ & FormatNumber(d.AvailableSpace/1024, 0) & “ Kbytes”
Property DriveLetter
Description: Returns the drive letter of a physical local drive or a network share.
Use: strLetter = objDrive.DriveLetter
Arguments: objDrive
Required. The name of a Drive Object previously instantiated.
Return: The DriveLetter property returns a zero-length string ("") if the specified drive is not associated
with a drive letter, for example, a network share that has not been mapped to a drive letter.
Remarks: Read only.
Example: Dim fso, d
Set fso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”) ‘Instantiate the FSO object
Set d = fso.GetDrive(fso.GetDriveName(“c:”)
MsgBox “Drive “ & d.DriveLetter & “:”
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