Changing File Settings

one of you must know how to check and/or change the settings of a file (eg. Read-Only, Archive, Archive, Hidden)
Please post!

(Captain Pinko hangs head in shame at being such a newbie)

Hi,

Use the GetFileAttributes API:

Code:

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Const MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING = &H1
Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY = &H100
Const FILE_BEGIN = 0
Const FILE_SHARE_READ = &H1
Const FILE_SHARE_WRITE = &H2
Const CREATE_NEW = 1
Const OPEN_EXISTING = 3
Const GENERIC_READ = &H80000000
Const GENERIC_WRITE = &H40000000
Private Declare Function SetVolumeLabel Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetVolumeLabelA" (ByVal lpRootPathName As String, ByVal lpVolumeName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function WriteFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hFile As Long, lpBuffer As Any, ByVal nNumberOfBytesToWrite As Long, lpNumberOfBytesWritten As Long, ByVal lpOverlapped As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function ReadFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hFile As Long, lpBuffer As Any, ByVal nNumberOfBytesToRead As Long, lpNumberOfBytesRead As Long, ByVal lpOverlapped As Any) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateFile Lib "kernel32" Alias "CreateFileA" (ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Long, ByVal dwShareMode As Long, ByVal lpSecurityAttributes As Any, ByVal dwCreationDisposition As Long, ByVal dwFlagsAndAttributes As Long, ByVal hTemplateFile As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetFilePointer Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hFile As Long, ByVal lDistanceToMove As Long, lpDistanceToMoveHigh As Long, ByVal dwMoveMethod As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetFileAttributes Lib "kernel32" Alias "SetFileAttributesA" (ByVal lpFileName As String, ByVal dwFileAttributes As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetFileSize Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hFile As Long, lpFileSizeHigh As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetTempFileName Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetTempFileNameA" (ByVal lpszPath As String, ByVal lpPrefixString As String, ByVal wUnique As Long, ByVal lpTempFileName As String) As Long
Private Declare Function MoveFileEx Lib "kernel32" Alias "MoveFileExA" (ByVal lpExistingFileName As String, ByVal lpNewFileName As String, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteFile Lib "kernel32" Alias "DeleteFileA" (ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
    'KPD-Team 1998
    'URL: http://www.allapi.net/
    'E-Mail: [email protected]
    Dim sSave As String, hOrgFile As Long, hNewFile As Long, bBytes() As Byte
    Dim sTemp As String, nSize As Long, Ret As Long
    'Ask for a new volume label
    sSave = InputBox("Please enter a new volume label for drive C:\" + vbCrLf + " (if you don't want to change it, leave the textbox blank)")
    If sSave <> "" Then
        SetVolumeLabel "C:\", sSave
    End If
   
    'Create a buffer
    sTemp = String(260, 0)
    'Get a temporary filename
    GetTempFileName "C:\", "KPD", 0, sTemp
    'Remove all the unnecessary chr$(0)'s
    sTemp = Left$(sTemp, InStr(1, sTemp, Chr$(0)) - 1)
    'Set the file attributes
    SetFileAttributes sTemp, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY
    'Open the files
    hNewFile = CreateFile(sTemp, GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ Or FILE_SHARE_WRITE, ByVal 0&, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0)
    hOrgFile = CreateFile("c:\config.sys", GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ Or FILE_SHARE_WRITE, ByVal 0&, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, 0)
   
    'Get the file size
    nSize = GetFileSize(hOrgFile, 0)
    'Set the file pointer
    SetFilePointer hOrgFile, Int(nSize / 2), 0, FILE_BEGIN
    'Create an array of bytes
    ReDim bBytes(1 To nSize - Int(nSize / 2)) As Byte
    'Read from the file
    ReadFile hOrgFile, bBytes(1), UBound(bBytes), Ret, ByVal 0&
    'Check for errors
    If Ret <> UBound(bBytes) Then MsgBox "Error reading file ..."
   
    'Write to the file
    WriteFile hNewFile, bBytes(1), UBound(bBytes), Ret, ByVal 0&
    'Check for errors
    If Ret <> UBound(bBytes) Then MsgBox "Error writing file ..."
   
    'Close the files
    CloseHandle hOrgFile
    CloseHandle hNewFile
   
    'Move the file
    MoveFileEx sTemp, "C:\KPDTEST.TST", MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING
    'Delete the file
    DeleteFile "C:\KPDTEST.TST"
    Unload Me
End Sub

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I got this example from the API guide

Why so difficult? Vb has a SetAttr function which can do this.
SetAttr pathname, attributes

Where attributes can be a combinition of the following constants:
vbNormal (0) Normal (default).
vbReadOnly (1) Read-only.
vbHidden (2) Hidden.
vbSystem (4) System file.
vbArchive (32) File has changed since last backup.

To retrieve the attributes of a file, you can use GetAttr

Yikes. Just use:

Code:

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Dim x As Long
x = GetFileAttributes("c:\io.sys")
   
If x And FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN Then
    Debug.Print "Hidden file"
End If

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and

Code:

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SetFileAttributes "c:\myfile.dat", (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN Or FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM)

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Use GetAttr

Code:

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Retval = GetAttr("Test.txt")
If Retval = Retval And vbReadOnly Then MsgBox "It's ReadOnly"

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Wow, I didn't know about that Frans. The API is still just as good though.