FIle properties

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mag.(Posted 2003) [#1]
Can we adjust file properties through BlitzPlus?
For examples set cetern file readonly or hiden.


soja(Posted 2003) [#2]
Yep, you can do this through the Windows API. See SetFileAttributes on MSDN

For your decls file:
.lib "Kernel32.dll"
GetFileAttributes%(in_filename$):"GetFileAttributesA"
SetFileAttributes%(in_filename$, in_attributes%):"SetFileAttributesA"

SetFileAttributes test code:
; Create a normal test file
file = WriteFile("test.txt")
WriteLine(file, "Testing...")
CloseFile(file)

; See current file attributes
Notify GetFileAttributes("test.txt")

; Change file attributes to hidden and readonly
;SetFileAttributes("test.txt", 3)

; Change file attributes to system only
;SetFileAttributes("test.txt", 4)

; Change file attributes to hidden, system, readonly
;SetFileAttributes("test.txt", 7)

; Change file attribute to hidden, archive
;SetFileAttributes("test.txt", 34)

; Change file attributes back to normal
SetFileAttributes("test.txt", 128)

; See current file attributes
Notify GetFileAttributes("test.txt")



FYI...
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY = 1
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 2
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM = 4
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY = 16
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE = 32
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVICE = 64
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL = 128


mag.(Posted 2003) [#3]
Thanks