Securly Deleting a file??

[omarswan]

Hi,
Can anyone explain to me how to securly delete a file using VB codes?

Also I don't know much about writing to a file in VB, but what I want to know is how to overwrite the content of a file BIT by BIT.


an example would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[Juan Carlos Rey]

Open it for output, write all blanks, then delete. Almost guaranteed!

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Open "MyFile.txt" for output as #1
For I = 1 to LOF(1)
Print #1, " " '(a space)
Next
Close
Kill "MyFile.txt"
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If anyone could un-delete your file, will find only empty spaces.

HTH!

P.S. Replace MyFile.txt with the actual name of your file, complete with path, directories etc.

Edited by Juan Carlos Rey on 03-12-2000 at 08:13 PM