IBM Lotus Symphony


SetAttr Statement [Runtime]

Sets the attribute information for a specified file.

Syntax:

SetAttr FileName As String, Attribute As Integer

Parameters:

FileName: Name of the file, including the path, that you want to test attributes of. If you do not enter a path, SetAttr searches for the file in the current directory. You can also use URL notation.

Attribute: Bit pattern defining the attributes that you want to set or to clear:

Value

0 : Normal files.

1 : Read-only files.

32 : File was changed since last backup (Archive bit).

You can set multiple attributes by combining the respective values with a logic OR statement.

Error Codes

5 Invalid procedure call

53 File not found

70 Permission denied

Example:

Sub ExampleSetGetAttr

On Error Goto ErrorHandler REM Define target for error-handler

If Dir("C:\test",16)="" Then MkDir "C:\test"

If Dir("C:\test\autoexec.sav")="" THEN Filecopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\test\autoexec.sav"

SetAttr "c:\test\autoexec.sav" ,0

Filecopy "c:\autoexec.bat", "c:\test\autoexec.sav"

SetAttr "c:\test\autoexec.sav" ,1

print GetAttr( "c:\test\autoexec.sav" )

end

ErrorHandler:

Print Error

end

end sub


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