VB Forum / General / June 2006

I am using VB6.  i have a string that contains a path + file name.
such as c:\temp\some folder\myFile.zip.
what is the best way to get the myFile.zip?
thanks

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I am using VB6.  i have a string that contains a path + file name.
such as c:\temp\some folder\myFile.zip.
what is the best way to get the myFile.zip?
thanks

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