easy easy question

[mart37]

is there a way in visual basic to delete a folder that contains files our other folders, like a deltree in dos.
I've tried "rmdir (path)" but there is a error if the folder contains file.
thanxs

Just use Deltree.

Shell "DELTREE /Y (path)", vbHide

Becareful, this could delete important files. It is very dangerous!

[ExcalibursZone]

'You Need Microsoft Scripting Control for this.
'Not verified
Dim fOps As Object

Private Function DelTree(dirPath As String, Optional delReadOnly As Boolean) As Boolean
    Set fOps = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

    If fOps.FolderExists(dirPath) = True Then
        If delReadOnly <> True Then
            fOps.DeleteFolder dirPath
            Else
            fOps.DeleteFolder dirPath, delReadOnly
        End If
        DelTree = True
        Else
        DelTree = False
    End If
End Function

This uses the Microsoft Scripting Control to create the object, but it's a pretty decent solution (I like the FileSystemObject :)

The Function is called thusly: DidDelete = delTree(PATH,[True/False])

If True is set, it will delete read only folders, if false is set, it will not. Path is the directory you wish to delete. The function returns either a true or a false indicating it's level of success.