Changing the Hidden Attribute

007bond
18 Aug 2004, 05:55
I was wondering...How do you change the 'Hidden' attribute of a file/folder using VB6?

paul_one
23 Aug 2004, 19:57
I think there's an "attrib" thing there somewhere.... look in the filesystem commands.... Be alot easier...

007bond
24 Aug 2004, 09:33
1. It would be nice if you could properly format what you write for ease of reading
2. You didn't exactly make it clear where to look. I don't have the MSDN library installed if that's what you mean

paul_one
26 Aug 2004, 23:15
Properly format my response?

For a person who has 3 minutes to rush a reply on a laptop WITHOUT VB6, that is pretty "format"'ed to me!

You should also try experimenting in VB alot more - it won't bite your hand off your wrist i you click in the wrong place you know!

Try right-clicking, going down to "object definitions".... It's something like that. - type definitions... Anyway you go in and it lists loads of functions/procedures in the right-hand box, and lists of "types" (?) in the left hand box... In the "filesystem" (or quite similar) box on the left hand side, there's a list of functions which are to do with: you guessed it: the file system. Use them... It'll give you a little information on the various input's (boolean, integer, etc)...

BUT - the one greatest resource you are forgetting is:
*DING*DING*DING*DING*
GOOGLE
... Use the function name and search for it in google, then you get the info from there.

007bond
27 Aug 2004, 07:55
I'm sorry, I wasn't aware of that fact was I. Thanks for the help, I found what you were trying to tell me ok. And just to let you know it's Object Browser, not Object Defenitions