This article illustrates some great uses of the File System Object. It shows how to choose a drive to search, and then builds a listbox of all the folders on that drive. Choose a folder and it builds a listbox of all the files in that folder. Choose a File and it will display it in the browser or prompt you to save the file to your hard drive.
Often you will need to display the contents of a file on your server. This article shows you what regular expressions to use to successfully display HTML, including automatically making any hyperlinks live.
Setting up a simple file downloading system with VBScript and ASP is no sweat. The primary use for a system like this is to allow downloading of any TEXT based file that would normally be served via a client's browser and be unable to be downloaded. A secondary use is to allow download access to directories outside the public server space or a hidden directory within the website. This tutorial shows you how. Full source code available.
Initially developed to index ASP pages for a search capability, this article gives you a generic function to walk through your sub-folders using the FileSystemObject. Also discusses recursion and passing functions as parameters.
This article describes how to build a very powerful, potentially destructive application using the File System Object. It should never be implemented in a production environment without ensuring that proper security precautions have been taken to maintain the integrity of the data contained on the web server.