cannot delete file after copied from cd! - help! 1

[redzombi19]

hi i am pretty sure the reason is because it is copied from the cd as read only, but i was wondering if there was a way to remove the read only attribute in code on anything like that??????

Thanks!

 

[BPeisch]

Yes, anything you copy from a CD is read only. Here's how you remove that flag:

lcFileName = "MyFileName"
declare integer GetFileAttributes in Win32Api string lcFileName
declare SetFileAttributes in Win32Api string lcFileName, integer lnAttributes
lnAttributes = GetFileAttributes(lcFileName)
lnAttributes = BitAnd(m.lnAttributes,0)
SetFileAttributes(lcFileName,m.lnAttributes)

-BP

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[redzombi19]

Thanks A Bunch, BPeisch it worked that was exactly what i needed!

 

[Nifrabar]

Hi Barbara,
Could you tell how to set reset other flags as well ?
-Bart

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Nifrabar

Follow this link for all the file attributes DEFINES and an example of the SetFileAttributes usage.

http://www.news2news.com/vfp/?function=-1&example=103

Mike Gagnon

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