'Declaration
 
Public Function New( _
   ByVal fileName As String _
)

'Usage
 
Dim fileName As String
 
Dim instance As New WindowsDiskFile(fileName)

public WindowsDiskFile( 
   string fileName
)

Parameters

fileName

A String that represents the fully qualified name of the underlying physical file. This file may or may not physically exist. Cannot be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

It is not necessary for the fileName parameter to include the \\?\ prefix. It is added and handled automatically by the component.

The fileName parameter can include relative path information, in which ".." means "previous folder". For example: "folder/file.txt", "../file.txt", etc.

In this context, a name is relative to the current working directory of the application.

This method allows to initialize an object for a file that exists, as well as for a file that does not exist.

Before an exception is thrown, the PathException event is triggered, allowing the constructor to retry the initialization with a corrected fileName value.

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

WindowsDiskFile Class
WindowsDiskFile Members
Overload List