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DWfile.createFolder()

Availability

Dreamweaver 2.0

Description

Creates a folder (directory) at the specified location.

Arguments

folderURL

The argument is the location of the folder you want to create, expressed as a file:// URL.

Returns

true if the folder was successfully created, false otherwise.

Example

The following code attempts to create a folder called tempFolder at the top level of the C drive and displays an alert box indicating whether the operation was successful.

var folderURL = "file:///c|/tempFolder";
if (DWfile.createFolder(folderURL)){
	alert("Created " + folderURL);
}else{
	alert("Unable to create " + folderURL);
}