Re: FileDateTime???

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"Bob Butler" <tiredofit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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There are a few ways; in a simple app for your own use the FSO will do it;
for a "production" application the API calls GetFileTime or FindFirstFile
will both get created, accessed and modified dates but each requires
supporting API calls.

Is there any way to read the Last Accessed Date which does not itself
"access" the file, because every way I have tried to read it, the date get
set to the current time. The Windows property page does the same so it is
not just my crummy coding.
Strikes me that the value is a total waste of space, probably a hangover
from FAT/DOS when it was also of no use!

Regards
Dave O.


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