How to determine if a folder is read-only...

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StarkMike	StarkMike posted 16 Years Ago Topic Details Share Topic
Group: Forum Members Posts: 436, Visits: 944	I cant seem to figure out how to determine if a folder is read-only through VB .NET. Any help? Thanks
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Edhy Rijo	E Edhy Rijo posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
E Group: StrataFrame Users Posts: 2.4K, Visits: 23K	Hi, Try the following code: Dim myDirectory As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\TEMP") If myDirectory.Attributes = System.IO.FileAttributes.ReadOnly Then ' Add your code here. End If Edhy Rijo
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StarkMike	StarkMike posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 436, Visits: 944	Thanks!
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Greg McGuffey	Greg McGuffey posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2K, Visits: 6.6K	The attributes property is a bitwise flag, so you actually want to use something like this: Dim myDirectory As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\TEMP") If (myDirectory.Attributes And System.IO.FileAttributes.ReadOnly) = System.IO.FileAttributes.ReadOnly Then ' Add your code here. End If
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Trent Taylor	Trent Taylor posted 16 Years Ago Post Details Share Post
Group: StrataFrame Developers Posts: 6.6K, Visits: 6.9K	Yup...Greg nailed it!
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