by Tom Parkison (8 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sat 7th September 2002
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Gets the file extention of a file name.
VBcoders
Dim i As Long
For i = 2 To Len(FileName)
If Left(Right(FileName, i), 1) = "." Then
If WithDot = True Then
FileExtention = Right(FileName, i)
Else
FileExtention = Right(FileName, i - 1)
End If
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function
---=== How to Use ===---
' To get the file name with the dot at the left
variable = FileExtention(FILENAME, True)
' To get the file name without the dot at the left
variable = FileExtention(FILENAME, False)
