VB 6.0 how to delete a file in the code?

[yoda]

i would like to know what the delete code would be for VB 6.0. like if i want to delete a file called text3.txt on the C:\ drive, what would be the code to get rid of it.

just trying to get so information i don't have.

Thanks

Yoda

[Dököll]

You may be looking for the Output method here, provided you are hoping to clear data from a text file. Is this it Yoda?

Hint: Append writes to the bottom of the file

[devonknows]

i would like to know what the delete code would be for VB 6.0. like if i want to delete a file called text3.txt on the C:\ drive, what would be the code to get rid of it.

just trying to get so information i don't have.

Thanks

Yoda

The only thing shorter than getting the system object involved, is to use the kill command, this will delete the file even if the file is in use

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    Call Kill("c:\text.txt") 'Will delete c:\text.txt even if its in use
End Sub

Like i say the only other way is to use an object but if its just to delete the odd file then id use kill to be honest,

hope this help
kind regards
Devon.

[Dököll]

Good advice, Devon...

[devonknows]

Good advice, Devon...

Thank ye kindly :), was just personal preference, i use kill quite a lot, for example when im running database applications, and when the program runs a database integrity check, if its corrupt just delete it, because kill deletes the file wether or not it in use you wont get any of that arm ache trying to code it in to close the connections and then you can jus shellexecute your db install prog and bobs your uncle as they say..

Kind Regards as always
Devon.

[Dököll]

Regards indeed, Devon, thanks. Nice of you to fill in your fine tunes. should help Yoda a great deal, whichever way he wants to go about this. Isn't programming great? The back and front end of it...

[RJMac]

One little question - will Kill send the file to the re-cycle bin, or just get rid of it, as I would find it would be useful to be able to send files to the re-cycle bin...

[devonknows]

One little question - will Kill send the file to the re-cycle bin, or just get rid of it, as I would find it would be useful to be able to send files to the re-cycle bin...

No, im afraid the Kill(Filename) command will just delete it completely, how ever the link below will take you to a developer fusion example and will give you the basics of sending it to the recycle bin

http://www.developerfu sion.co.uk/show/120/

Hope this helps you
Kind Regards
Devon

[devonknows]

Thank ye very much Dököll, i myself am still quite new to programming, im good with the problem solving side of it, and what things do but i can never remember the code as im doing it, can be most annoying :D.

Kind Regards
Devon.

[yoda]

Thank ye very much Dököll, i myself am still quite new to programming, im good with the problem solving side of it, and what things do but i can never remember the code as im doing it, can be most annoying :D.

Kind Regards
Devon.

yes u do give very good advice but do u have to have

 Call Kill

in the code or just kill cuz if its just kill then i got it right but if u have to put call kill then thanks for the code.

[devonknows]

yes u do give very good advice but do u have to have

 Call Kill

in the code or just kill cuz if its just kill then i got it right but if u have to put call kill then thanks for the code.

You dont have to use Call, i like to use it as it helps keep the code neat, for example instead of using...

MsgBox "This is a message", vbInformation, "Read Below"

you can keep it all together and then you know were it belongs

Call MsgBox("This is a Message", vbinformation, "Read Below")

Its just something i picked up when i was learning to program in the begining, and i believe that it makes the code alot neater and plus it gives you a quicker way to search through all your function calls, just by finding text "call" and so you dont have it all seperated, personal preference, but to your question, no you dont have to use "Call".

Kind Regards and Thank you for the comment.
Devon.

[yoda]

no no thank you for answering my question thanks. and your welcome.

[Dököll]

No, im afraid the Kill(Filename) command will just delete it completely, how ever the link below will take you to a developer fusion example and will give you the basics of sending it to the recycle bin

http://www.developerfu sion.co.uk/show/120/

Hope this helps you
Kind Regards
Devon

Quite welcome, Devon, always keep copies of my code, just in case I am 90 and still want to code :-)

In a bit!

Dököll

[devonknows]

Quite welcome, Devon, always keep copies of my code, just in case I am 90 and still want to code :-)

In a bit!

Dököll

i have a little red book were i keep my references, for example the developer fusion link i left with the full registry etc, i have it written in my little red book, sounds a bit evil that dont it, My Little Red Book! hehe thanks Dököll

Kind Regards
Devon

[Dököll]

Not a bit evil, Devon, besides, think of the relief when the "little red book" saves you. I actually email reminders to myself when I have updated my code, make it more robust. The old code lives, surely, hidden in storage, but it is the new reminders that give me that evilish but yet triumphant sigh of relief, when it works flawlessly. I think we're entitled :-)

Oh, Dev fusion is a great site, and I agree. No gimmicks...

Talk soon!

Dököll