CorelScriptTools.FileAttr

Function FileAttr(FolderFile As String) As Long

The FileAttr method returns a file’s or folder’s attributes.


Parameter	Description
FileName	Specifyies the file/folder for which the attributes are returned

The FileAttr method returns one of the following values:

0 = file doesn’t exist

1 = read-only files or folder

2 = hidden files or folder

4 = system files or folder used by operating system

16 = folder

32 = archive files or folder

128 = normal files or folder

256 = temporary files or folder

2048 = compressed files and folders

If mysetup.txt is read-only, hidden, and a system file, retval equals 7:

retval = FILEATTR("C:\myfiles\mysetup.txt")

In cases where multiple attributes are returned, you can use the AND operator to determine specific attributes. To determine if mysetup.txt was a read-only file you could use the following syntax:

IF 1 AND retval THEN readOnly$ = "Yes" ELSE readOnly$ = "No"

1 is the read-only attribute. The variable readOnly is assigned a string based on bitwise comparison. In this case, readOnly is assigned Yes.