Visual FoxPro

Determine File Type

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Demonstrates how to determine the type of file. Possible types are:

• 1: Regular file
• 2: Directory
• 3: Symbolic Link
• 4: Windows shortcut
• 99: Something else
• 0: File not found
• -1: Unable to check because of directory permissions or other error.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.77 or greater.

Visual FoxPro

LOCAL loFac
LOCAL lnFileType

*  Call the FileType method to determine the file type.
*  (Note: FileType is a method, not a property.)

loFac = CreateObject('Chilkat.FileAccess')
lnFileType = loFac.FileType("qa_data/shortcuts/chilkat_pkcs7_shortcut.xml")
? "fileType = " + STR(lnFileType)

*  Possible fileType values are:
*  1: Regular file
*  2:  Directory
*  3: Symbolic Link
*  4: Windows shortcut
*  99: Something else
*  0: File not found
*  -1: Unable to check because of directory permissions or other error.

RELEASE loFac