[JS] Can I get Children Folders of a folder ?

Hi,
Meanwhile there is a Folder.getFiles() command, I didn't find any Folder.getFolders() or Folder.folders or Folder.children in the ESTK DOM.
The only way I see is to write this specific operation both in VB and AS and call them via a doScript depending on the system.
But before doing this, I would like to be sure JS couldn't help me.
Thanks for advices.
Loic

Hi Loic,
Here is how I solved this in my 'Place images script' — http://kasyan.ho.com.ua/place_images.html
// global variable (empty array)
var mySubFolders = [];
// myStartFolder is the folder from which to start collecting subfolders
mySubFolders = getSubFolders(myStartFolder);
function getSubFolders(theFolder) {
      var myFileList = theFolder.getFiles();
      for (var i = 0; i < myFileList.length; i++) {
            var myFile = myFileList[i];
            if (myFile instanceof Folder){
                  mySubFolders.push(myFile.absoluteURI);
                  getSubFolders(myFile);
      return mySubFolders;
Hope this helps.
Kasyan

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