How to delete files...

How to delete a file with VB using API?

PLZ. help us...

//DoomBringer

Why not just use VB's Kill command? But if you have to use an API call, there's...

Private Declare Function DeleteFile Lib "kernel32" Alias "DeleteFileA" (ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long

Hopefully there's nothing funky about it, but I've never used it -- just looked it up so I can't promise anything.

VBs Kill command is the easiest, but another alternate would be to use the DeleteFile method of the FileSystemObject.

Well i would not reccomend using the FileSystemObject just for deleting a file.

kill command work like that :

kill ("c:\myproject.exe")
is that how we use it ? :confused:

Kill will delete the file, but not send it to the recycle bin. If you want to send it to the Recycle Bin, then you could use the SHFileOperation API.

VB Code:

Private Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" (lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long
Private Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
    hwnd As Long
    wFunc As Long
    pFrom As String
    pTo As String
    fFlags As Integer
    fAnyOperationsAborted As Long
    hNameMappings As Long
    lpszProgressTitle As String
End Type
Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3
Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40
 
Private Sub Command1_Click()
 
    Dim SH As SHFILEOPSTRUCT
    SH.hwnd = hwnd
    SH.wFunc = FO_DELETE
    SH.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO
    SH.pFrom = "C:\Windows\Desktop\MyFile.txt"
    SHFileOperation SH
    
End Sub