Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition
GetExtensionName Method
 Scripting Run-Time Reference 
Version 3 

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Description
Returns a string containing the extension name for the last component in a path.
Syntax
object.GetExtensionName(path)

The GetExtensionName method syntax has these parts:

Part Description
object Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.
path Required. The path specification for the component whose extension name is to be returned.

Remarks
For network drives, the root directory (\) is considered to be a component.

The GetExtensionName method returns a zero-length string ("") if no component matches the path argument.

The following example illustrates use of the GetExtensionName method:

Function GetAnExtension(DriveSpec)
  Dim fso
  Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  GetAnExtension = fso.GetExtensionName(Drivespec)
End Function