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


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

    Parameters

    relativeName
    Relative name of the folder to retrieve.

    Return Value

    An AbstractFolder object representing the folder named relativeName.
    Remarks

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

    This method allows to get a reference to an AbstractFolder object for a folder that exists, as well as for a folder 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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