by SEBUANO, leonard bryan b. (1 Submission)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sat 30th May 2009
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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File Renaming
VBcoders
'Add a Textbox and a Command button
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim Path$
Dim oFile$, nFile$
Path$ = "D:\"
oFile$ = "SAMPLE.TXT"
nFile$ = Text1.Text '--> enter a new filename into the textbox _
with a file extension that you want. e.g., seb.doc
If Dir(Path$ & oFile$) = "" Then
MsgBox Path$ & oFile$ & " was not found. ", , "File Not Found"
Else
'rename the file
Shell "cmd.exe /c ren " & Path$ & oFile$ & " " & nFile$, vbHide
'search if the file has been renamed
If Dir(Path$ & nFile$) <> "" Then
MsgBox "Renaming failed! "
Else
MsgBox "The file " & oFile$ & " was successfully renamed to " & nFile$
End
End If
End If
End Sub
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