How do I mark a file as "hidden"

[qedusa]

Hi, can anyone tell me how to mark a file as a "hidden" file so it's invisible?
Thanks

 

[tchouch]

DWORD attr = GetFileAttributes("C:\\Myfile.txt"
attr |= FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN;
if(!SetFileAttributes("C:\\Myfile.txt", attr )) {
AfxMessageBox("Can't change attributes..."
}

You can't make a File invisible at all without play with BIOS disk access or hook Explorer's properties.

 

[Zyrenthian]

Also, look into CFileStatus. I believe you can do it there... here is a bit of my code that I used to change the attributes of a file from readonly to read write

CFileStatus fs;
CFile::GetStatus(fileName,fs);

fs.m_mtime=0;
fs.m_attribute &= ~(CFile::readOnly);

CFile::SetStatus(fileName,fs);

CFile should have a private member named CFile::hidden if not, its valuue is 2 (pretty sure of that)

Matt

 

[qedusa]

Thanks guys!