by C.J. (13 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sat 2nd January 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
Retrieve file extension only from a file
VBcoders
'parses extension from filename and returns the extension
'no extension is sent back as """"
Dim nPosition As Integer
If InStr(1, lpFileName, ".") < 1 Then
Exit Function
Else
nPosition = InStr(1, lpFileName, ".")
GetExtension = Mid$(lpFileName, _
nPosition, _
Len(lpFileName) - (nPosition - 1))
End If
End Function
