FileSystem class

A handle into the IDE's virtual file system --- the abstraction that lets an addin traverse and read source files without touching the on-disk paths. The FileSystem is reached through Host.FileSystem. For the more common per-project case, Host.CurrentProject.RootFolder is also a Folder and is usually the right entry point --- the global FileSystem matters when an addin needs to address files outside the project's own root.

Dim item As FileSystemItem = Host.FileSystem.ResolvePath("twinbasic:/Sources/MainModule.twin")

Properties

RootFolder

The root of the virtual file system. As Folder. Read-only.

Methods

ResolvePath

Looks up the FileSystemItem at a given path. The path uses the IDE's twinbasic:/ URI scheme --- the same scheme that FileSystemItem.Path and Editor.Path return.

Syntax: fileSystem.ResolvePath( Path ) As FileSystemItem

Path

required A virtual-FS path. String. Must include the twinbasic:/ prefix.

The returned object is a FileSystemItem but is usually castable to its specific kind --- a File for regular files, a Folder for folders. Test with TypeOf … Is Folder before casting when the path's kind is not known statically.