Xceed .NET Libraries Documentation
Xceed.FileSystem Assembly / Xceed.FileSystem Namespace / AbstractFolder Class / GetFile Method / GetFile(String) Method
Relative name of the file to retrieve.


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    GetFile(String) Method
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    Returns an AbstractFile object that represents a file contained in the folder.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
     
    
    Public Overloads Function GetFile( _
       ByVal relativeName As String _
    ) As AbstractFile
    'Usage
     
    
    Dim instance As AbstractFolder
    Dim relativeName As String
    Dim value As AbstractFile
     
    value = instance.GetFile(relativeName)
    public AbstractFile GetFile( 
       string relativeName
    )

    Parameters

    relativeName
    Relative name of the file to retrieve.

    Return Value

    An AbstractFile object representing the file named relativeName.
    Remarks

    The relativeName parameter can include relative path information, in which ".." means "previous folder". For example: "folder/file.txt", "../file.txt", etc.

    This method allows to get a reference to an AbstractFile object for a file that exists, as well as for a file that does not exist. Further, the folder on which this method is called may not exist.

    Supported Frameworks

    .NET: net5.0, net5.0-windows, net6.0, net6.0-macos, net6.0-windows, net7.0, net7.0-macos, net7.0-windows, net8.0, net8.0-browser, net8.0-macos, net8.0-windows, net9.0, net9.0-browser, net9.0-macos, net9.0-windows, net10.0, net10.0-browser, net10.0-macos, net10.0-windows.

    .NET Standard: netstandard2.0, netstandard2.1

    .NET Framework: net20, net35, net40, net403, net45, net451, net452, net46, net461, net462, net463, net47, net471, net472, net48, net481.

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