Re: file delete routine is intermittent


"Steve Easton" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Having problems with the following trying to move files to the recycle
bin.
> It doesn't move all of the files. Any ideas??
>
> FOF_FLAGS = GetOptionFlags()
> For i = 1 To filenames.Count
> file2delete = filenames(i)
> With shf
> .wFunc = FO_DELETE 'action to take place
> .pFrom = file2delete 'the file to delete

The problem is likley in the above snippet. You must double-null terminate
the pFrom member. If you don't, SHFileOperation is ...unpredictable at best.

Try this:

..pFrom = file2delete & vbNullChar & vbNullChar 'the file to delete

For more information, see the Platform SDK on the SHFILEOPSTRUCT structure,
which states for the pFrom member:

pFrom
Address of a buffer to specify one or more source file names. These names
must be fully qualified paths. Standard DOS wild cards, such as "*", are
permitted in the filename position. Although this member is declared as a
null-terminated string, it is used as a buffer to hold multiple file names.
Each file name must be terminated by a single NULL character. An additional
NULL character must be appended to the end of the final name to indicate the
end of pFrom.


--
Mike
Microsoft MVP Visual Basic



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