Rename a File (VB 2008 Express Edition)

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I use the methods of the File class to perform utility functions on existing files. I notice, however, that there is no Rename method. How does one do a simple file rename in VB?

Thank you

John Littell

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Please post your questions in the appropriate forum. This is a .Net question, not classic VB, just like post 721,406 some weeks ago.
I’ll move the thread

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I think you just use MoveTo with the new name.

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I refer you to the msdn article and the snippet

My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile(“C:Test.txt”, “SecondTest.txt”)

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My thanks go to all responders. It is so simple when you know.

John

PS. What determines this a .net question, not a VB question?

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After version 7 they unified their products into a group known as .NET, using core libraries from the .NET framework. (Version 8 being 2005, version 9 being 2008)

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Danny D.
Sorry for the delayed response. The Lounge seemed to be down yesterday.

Does your answer mean that the VB/VBA category now applies only to version 6 and earlier?

John

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The Lounge hasn’t been down, but it’s very slow every day between 23:00 and 01:00 UTC because the daily backup is made durong that time – see for example the thread starting at post 719,531.

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Yes, as the .NET section refers to the .NET package, i anticipate the VB/VBA section to mean only pre-.NET articles

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Sorry, I don’t monitor the .Net forum closely, so I missed your PS.

Danny is correct. VB5 / VB6 and (Office) VBA all use “classic” Visual Basic. Questions about those can be posted in the VB / VBA forum.
VB.NET, VB2003, VB2005 and VB2008 all use a newer version of Visual Basic that is quite different from “classic” VB, so there’s a separate forum for everything related to these versions.

See Visual Basic .NET on Wikipedia for an overview.

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