voltmx.io.File Namespace

The voltmx,io.File namespace provides functions and properties for doing various operations related on files, such as copying them, renaming them , deleting them and so on.

Overview

Your app can create a File object to represent files in the device’s file system and perform common operations on them. To create a new File object , your app calls the voltmx.io.File function. Alternatively, it can use the voltmx.io.FileSystem.getFile function to get an instance of a File object.

var myfile = new voltmx.io.File(“myfile.txt”);
or
var myfile = voltmx.io.FileSystem.getFile(“myfile.txt”)

File Properties:Name	Description
name: [type: String, ReadOnly]	Name of the file or directory
fullPath: [type: String, ReadOnly]	Full absolute path of the file or directory
parent: [type:voltmx.io.File, ReadOnly]	Returns the parent directory of this file. This property may return nil or a File object which can neither Readable or Writable, especially in case of Folders which are not accessible by the given Application context
readable: [type: Boolean, ReadOnly]	Returns true if this file is readable
writable: [type: Boolean, ReadOnly]	Returns true if this file is writable
modificationTime: [type:Number, ReadOnly]	Returns the last modification time of the file in UTC
size: [type:Number, ReadOnly	Returns the size of a file in number of bytes.