Get/Set read-only attribute?

[fenris]

How does one go about setting the read-only attribute of a file? Is there a way to do this without the api?

Thanks....

Troy Williams B.Eng.
fenris@hotmail.com

 

[petermeachem]

SetAttr cFilePathandName , vbReadOnly Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com

 

[rvBasic]

You may get some inspiration at thread222-66247 _________________________________
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. [attributed to Yogi Berra]

 

[fenris]

Thanks for the responses. They helped set me on the right path. I have another question. Is there a way, using straight vb code to obtain all of the information found in a file such as it's attributes, file size, path, the volume label and serial number of the disk it resides on, etc? I can currently retrieve this information using api calls, but I would rather learn how to do this with vb only (if it is possible).


Thanks again

Troy Williams B.Eng.
fenris@hotmail.com

 

[sunaj]

Hi Fenris

You can do (most of?) these things by using the filesystem object. Here's a link to the msdn documentation:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...vs6/vbasic/vbenlr98/vaobjFileSystemObject.htm

Use .attributes to get/set the file attributes.

Sunaj