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?

Is this what your looking for?

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.