File Properties

[Tim Marsden]

Hi,

Is there a way of finding out the original name of a file. If a use creates
a text file name "ABC.txt" the renames it to "DEF.txt" can I find the
orginal name "ABC.txt" using vb.net code.

Tim

 

[Tim Marsden]

Discovered FileVersionInfo class

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Is there a way of finding out the original name of a file. If a use creates
a text file name "ABC.txt" the renames it to "DEF.txt" can I find the
orginal name "ABC.txt" using vb.net code.

Maybe 'FileVersionInfo.InternalName', but I doubt that this will work for
text files.

 

[Tim Marsden]

FileVersionInfo .OriginalFilename only gives me "" ??

Any ideas

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Tim,

FileVersionInfo .OriginalFilename only gives me "" ??

I think this will only work with some file types that store the original
file name, for example, executables, DLLs etc., but not simple text files.

 

[Peter Huang]

Hi Tim,

I agree with Herfried's suggestion, since text file did not store the
orginal file information in the text file format, because the text file
format is very simple, it did not stored any other information in the file.

If you still have any concern, please feel free to post here.

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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