Deleting a file

how do I delete a file?

like do I write:

Code:

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del "c:\a.dat"

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will that work
I haven't tried it yet

or maybe thats not what to do to delete a file
so. how do I delete a file trough VB

thanks in advance

Have you tried KillDoc?

KillDoc ("C:\a.dat")


Hope this helps.

ok, thanks

Code:

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Kill "**filename**"

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thanks, I'll try both

Hey.

No need to try both.

That's Kill.


Sorry, it's after midnight here in Beijing.

so which 1 is the correct one?

GFK is right.

As I said, it's after midnight here.


Code:

Kill ("C:\autoexec.bat")

Of course you may want to change the last part of that code:)

Kill "filename"
is the right one.

Ok, thanks to all

PS

KillDoc is for killing a print job in code.

thanks, I'll keep that in mind if I ever need it

Just to screw with your mind a bit more, I like this code better. It erases all the contents in a file and then deletes the file.

Code:

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Sub DestroyFile(sFileName As String)
    Dim Block1 As String, Block2 As String, Blocks As Long
    Dim hFileHandle As Integer, iLoop As Long, offset As Long
    'Create two buffers with a specified 'wipe-out' characters
    Const BLOCKSIZE = 4096
    Block1 = String(BLOCKSIZE, "X")
    Block2 = String(BLOCKSIZE, " ")
    'Overwrite the file contents with the wipe-out characters
    hFileHandle = FreeFile
    Open sFileName For Binary As hFileHandle
        Blocks = (LOF(hFileHandle) \ BLOCKSIZE) + 1
        For iLoop = 1 To Blocks
            offset = Seek(hFileHandle)
            Put hFileHandle, , Block1
            Put hFileHandle, offset, Block2
        Next iLoop
    Close hFileHandle
    'Now you can delete the file, which contains no sensitive data
    Kill sFileName
End Sub

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thanks but I dont think that its nessessary for my pruposes