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PostPosted: Oct 8th, 2003 04:06 AM    Post subject: Delete a Folder And All It's Contents Reply with quote

Code:
Private Declare Function SHFileOperation _
Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" ( _
lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long

Private Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
    hwnd As Long
    wFunc As Long
    pFrom As String
    pTo As String
    fFlags As Integer
    fAborted As Boolean
    hNameMaps As Long
    sProgress As String
End Type

Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3
Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40
Private Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION = &H10

Public Sub DeleteFolder(ByVal sPath As String, _
Optional blnToRecycleBin As Boolean = True, _
Optional blnConfirm As Boolean = True)

    Dim fo As SHFILEOPSTRUCT
    Dim nFlag As Long

    If blnToRecycleBin Then
        nFlag = FOF_ALLOWUNDO
    End If
    If blnConfirm = False Then
        nFlag = nFlag + FOF_NOCONFIRMATION
    End If
    With fo
        .pFrom = sPath & vbNullChar
        .wFunc = FO_DELETE
        .fFlags = nFlag
    End With
    SHFileOperation fo
End Sub
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PostPosted: Oct 10th, 2003 08:26 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

Code:
Private Sub DeleteFolder(sFolder As String)
    If Right$(sFolder, 1) <> "\" Then sFolder = sFolder & "\"
    Kill sFolder & "*.*"
    RmDir sFolder
End Sub

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