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Dc GameMaker
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Posted: 29th Apr 2004 05:26
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Does anyone know how I can design a program that changes the attributes on Windows files? eg Read Only, Archive, and Hidden.
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CattleRustler
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Posted: 29th Apr 2004 16:09
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I don't think you can in dbp, but I will look at adding it to our dll


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Posted: 29th Apr 2004 17:48
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UPDATE:

Ok I just added 2 functions to our soon-to-be-released dll

fil_GetAttrib() : returns a single comma separated string listing the current file attributes

fil_SetAttrib() : allows the user to set the specified file to any valid file attribute and/or combination thereof.


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Mussi
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Posted: 29th Apr 2004 20:27
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you could do it using the attrib dos command and the execute file command



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the_winch
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Posted: 29th Apr 2004 23:52 Edited at: 29th Apr 2004 23:54
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Here is are a couple of funtions that allow you to add or remove attributes of a file. Using the api.
See
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/setfileattributes.asp
http://www.mentalis.org/apilist/GetFileAttributes.shtml
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rem_attrib() removes attributes from a file and add_attrib() adds them.

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