FileGetStatus Procedure

Version 6

 

Retrieves the status of the specified file.

Syntax

[ bRet = ] FileGetStatus ( sFilePath, pstFileStatus )

The FileGetStatus procedure syntax has the following parts:

 

Name

Type

Description

bRet

Bool

True if successfully gotten the file status, False otherwise

sFilePath

Val BString

a file path

pstFileStatus

structFileStatus

struct to hold the file status

Comments

structFileStatus will have the following file status:
 

Fields

Type

Description

dtCreated

DATE

Date Time File created

dtLastModified

DATE

Date Time File last modified  

dtLastAccessed

DATE

Date Time File last accessed for reading

dlSize

DLONG

Logical file size in bytes

dwAttribute

DWORD

File Attribute

bsPath

BSTR

Absolute Filename

Example

The following example gets file status of last modified date and time:

print FileGetStatus("c:\\projects\\ateasy\\atert\\asym.cpp", stFileStatus)

Print FormatDateTime(stFileStatus.dtLastModified, "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M %p")

See Also

FileFile