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FolderItem.AliasInfoMBS as AliasInfoMBS   Deprecated

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Alias MBS MacClassic Plugin 5.0 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Desktop, Console & Web
This item is deprecated and should no longer be used. You can use CFBookmarkMBS module instead.
Alias information about the folderitem if it is an alias file.
Example 
// select an alias file. use TrueChild so it's not resolved
dim f as FolderItem = SpecialFolder.Desktop.TrueChild("Development")

// get alias info
dim a as AliasInfoMBS = f.AliasInfoMBS

// show info
MsgBox "alias points to "+a.TargetName+" in path "+a.PathString+" of volume "+a.VolumeName

Returns nil on any error.

Some examples using this method:

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