directory properties

[Nathan]

I need to be able to get the modified property of a directory as shown in windows explorer. Does anyone know how to get this?

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Type SHELLEXECUTEINFO
cbSize As Long
fMask As Long
hwnd As Long
lpVerb As String
lpFile As String
lpParameters As String
lpDirectory As String
nShow As Long
hInstApp As Long
lpIDList As Long
lpClass As String
hkeyClass As Long
dwHotKey As Long
hIcon As Long
hProcess As Long
End Type

Public Const SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST = &HC
Public Const SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS = &H40
Public Const SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI = &H400

Declare Function ShellExecuteEX Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _
"ShellExecuteEx" (SEI As SHELLEXECUTEINFO) As Long
Code
Public Sub ShowProps(FileName As String, OwnerhWnd As Long)

Dim SEI As SHELLEXECUTEINFO
Dim r As Long

With SEI
.cbSize = Len(SEI)
.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS Or _
SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST Or SEE_MASK_FLAG_NO_UI
.hwnd = OwnerhWnd
.lpVerb = "properties"
.lpFile = FileName
.lpParameters = vbNullChar
.lpDirectory = vbNullChar
.nShow = 0
.hInstApp = 0
.lpIDList = 0
End With

r = ShellExecuteEX(SEI)
End Sub

Call ShowProps("c:\autoexec.bat", Me.hwnd)
or a directory:
Call ShowProps("c:\Windows", Me.hwnd)

[Nathan]

That works to but I also figured out a simpler way to access the last modified time. using the FileDateTime function.

FileDateTime("DIRNAME")

Thanx anyway.