ASP in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

IsRootFolder (Folder Object) — fdr .IsRootFolder

Synopsis

A Boolean value that allows you to determine if the current folder is the root folder. This is a read-only property.

Parameters

None

Example

<%

' Dimension local variables. 
Dim fsoObject      ' FileSystemObject
Dim fdrObject      ' Folder Object

' Instantiate the FileSystemObject variable.
Set fsoObject = Server.CreateObject( _
                "Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Using the GetFolder method of fsoObject, initialize a 
' File object.
Set fdrObject = fsoObject.GetFolder("PublicDocs.txt")
' Determine whether the current folder is a root folder
' or if it is nested.
If fdrObject.IsRootFolder Then
   ' Folder is located directly off the drive letter 
   ' or share name.
Else
   ' The folder is nested within at least one other 
   ' folder.
End If
. . . [additional code]

%>

Notes

The Microsoft documentation shows how to use this property to determine to how many levels the current folder is nested. For convenience, the following code demonstrates this:

<% ' Dimension local variables. Dim fsoObject ' FileSystemObject Dim fdrObject ' Folder Object Dim intNestedLevel ' Level to which the folder is nested ' Instantiate the FileSystemObject variable. Set fsoObject = Server.CreateObject( _ "Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' Using the GetFolder method of fsoObject, initialize a ' File object. Set fdrObject = fsoObject.GetFolder("PublicDocs.txt") ' Determine whether the current folder is a root folder ' or if it is nested. If fdrObject.IsRootFolder Then ' Folder is located ...