DGRL Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Dear coders I need a small routine to set a file's attribute (i.e. read-only or hidden ) As far as I know you need to use the Scripting.FileSystemObject but im not yet familiar with it And the same routine should be able to read the same file and give me back the attributes that are set The result of getting the att can also be in numbers i.e. 2 is only hidden and 1 is only read only 2081 = Read-only + Archiving + contents indexed + compressed Kind regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 What programing language are you trying to use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy_043 Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Try acet-file-attr (ExpressTools). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGRL Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Sorry for not being specific lol *lisp is the language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronjonp Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Maybe this will get you started in the right direction: (defun _fileatts (file / f sfso) (cond ((and (findfile file) (setq sfso (vlax-get-or-create-object "Scripting.FileSystemObject"))) (setq f (vlax-invoke sfso 'getfile file)) (setq f (vlax-get f 'attributes)) (vlax-release-object sfso) f ) ) ) (_fileatts "G:\\Ron\\test.dwg") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGRL Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 @ronjonp Thanks for this Do you also know how to set the atts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronjonp Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 This seems to work: (defun _readonly (file flag / f n sfso) (cond ((and (findfile file) (setq sfso (vlax-get-or-create-object "Scripting.FileSystemObject"))) (setq f (vlax-invoke sfso 'getfile file)) (setq n (vlax-get f 'attributes)) (cond (flag (and (/= 1 (rem n 32)) (vlax-put f 'attributes (1+ n)))) ((and (= 1 (rem n 32)) (vlax-put f 'attributes (1- n)))) ) (vlax-release-object sfso) ) ) ) ;; Set read only (_readonly "G:\\Ron\\test2.dwg" T) ;; Remove read only (_readonly "G:\\Ron\\test2.dwg" nil) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grrr Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Nice stuff, Ron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Mac Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Nice one Ron, though since the file attributes are bit-coded, I would suggest the following in place of your inner cond expression: (vlax-put f 'attributes (boole (if flag 7 4) 1 (vlax-get f 'attributes))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronjonp Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Nice stuff, Ron! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronjonp Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks for the example Lee. I knew there was a better way to do it but took the sledgehammer approach as I wasn't seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Batch file example of cleaning up my autocad temporary drive c: cd\ cd acadtemp del *.log del *.ac$ del {*.* del *.err del {*.* attrib etrans*.* -h del etrans*.* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGRL Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 @everyone Thanks for the code's this is what I need. All are working fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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