How can i....

get the drive, path, filename, extension from a given string like this:
"c:\windows\system\blahblah.txt"

im talking about ready VB functions, if there are any....

This isn't the answer you want - no easy-to-use builtins
are available in VB
Goto VBNET. And search for 'shell path routines'

It shows api calls for parsing paths, filenames, etc.

Click here

I don't know of any single commands to give you this info, but this is what I normally use:

Code:

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  Directory = "C:\Windows\System\Test\File.exe"
 
  FilePath = Left(Directory, InStrRev(Directory, "\"))
  FileName = Right(Directory, Len(Directory) - InStrRev(Directory, "\"))
  FileExtension = Right(Directory, Len(Directory) - InStrRev(Directory, "."))
  DriveLetter = Left(Directory, 1)

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Try this:

Code:

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Private Sub Form_Load()
    Dim sFilePath As String
    Dim sDrive As String
    Dim sPath As String
    Dim sFile As String
    Dim sExtension As String
   
    Me.AutoRedraw = True
   
    sFilePath = "c:\windows\system\blahblah.txt"
   
    sDrive = Left$(sFilePath, 3)
    sPath = Mid$(sFilePath, 3, InStrRev(sFilePath, "\") - 2)
    sFile = Mid$(sFilePath, InStrRev(sFilePath, "\") + 1)
    sExtension = Mid$(sFilePath, InStrRev(sFilePath, "\") + InStr(Mid$(sFilePath, InStrRev(sFilePath, "\") + 1), "."))
   
    Print sDrive
    Print sPath
    Print sFile
    Print sExtension
End Sub

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