File Attributes

[ChrisAgius]

How can I change the file attributes of a file from within my application. The file is Read-Only and I need to remove the Read-Only only a file.....

I also have another problem what Visual Fox files do I need when I install my application.

One last thing thing .... I am searching for a tool that has the same funtionality as the Visual Foxpro Command window where you can execute commands even if do not have foxpro installed on the Machine..

Thanks A lot Guys.

 

[JNC73]

Well you can change the attribute to Writeable with the command
RUN ATTRIB -R filename

But be aware that this is a DOS command which will be executed in a dos box and windows is continuing the program.
This means that before you do anything with the file you first have to check that the read-only attribute is set off.

 

[Diederik]

Some more ideas on setting a file-attribute...

- FILER.DLL (see the MSDN, topic 'filer')
Filer is installed with the VFP development environment.
The MSDN contains a full description, and in ...\VFP98\Tools\Filer you'll find an example form
(note: the examples may not be distributed)

- Using the FileSystemObject of the Windows Scripting Host
It works like this:

[ignore]*!* Init the File System Object
oFSO = CREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
*!* Grap a reference to the file
oFile = oFSO.GetFile("C:\MyData\MyFile.txt")
*!* do something with them attributes
*!* The property 'attributes' is read/write
*!* NOTE: this works with the Windows attribute flags:
*!* #DEFINE READONLY   1
*!* #DEFINE HIDDEN     2
*!* #DEFINE SYSTEM     4
*!* #DEFINE DIRECTORY 16
*!* Toggle using the VFP Bitwise functions..
oFile.Attributes = BITXOR(oFile.Attributes, READONLY)[/ignore]

For more information on the WSH: check out

http://www.vfug.org,

in the Newsletters a series on the WSH has been published by George Tasker and Ed Rauh
Diederik Vermeeren
verm1864@exact.nl

 

[jonscott8]

For file attributes, see: thread184-33016

For VFP runtime issue, see: thread184-26569 (amongst a million others)

For a command window emulator, see: thread184-13772 & thread184-25210

or visit:

http://www.softserv-inc.com/sscommand.html

Jon Hawkins

The World Is Headed For Mutiny,
When All We Want Is Unity. - Creed

 

[dgrewe]

Try this routine

http://www.internationalbid.net/home/dave/code_html/fileattr.html

David W. Grewe
Dave@internationalbid.com
ICQ VFP ActiveList #46145644