'Compatibility: VB 6,VB 5

'Task: Get File Attributes using GetFileAttributes API

'Declarations
Const READONLY = &H1
Const HIDDEN = &H2
Const SYSTEM = &H4
Const DIRECTORY = &H10
Const ARCHIVE = &H20
Const NORMAL = &H80
Const COMPRESSED = &H800
Private Declare Function GetFileAttributes Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias
"GetFileAttributesA" (ByVal lpFileName As String) As Long


'Code:
Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim val As String
Dim attr As Long
attr = GetFileAttributes("C:\karthik\waste.txt")
If (attr And &H1) = &H1 Then
val = " Read Only,"
End If
If (attr And &H2) = &H2 Then
val = val & " Hidden,"
End If
If (attr And &H4) = &H4 Then
val = val & " System,"
End If
If (attr And &H20) = &H20 Then
val = val & " Archive,"
End If
If (attr And &H80) = &H80 Then
val = val & " Normal,"
End If
If (attr And &H800) = &H800 Then
val = val & " Compressed,"
End If
val = Left(val, Len(val) - 1)
If (attr And &H10) = &H10 Then
MsgBox "Given directory has " & val & " attributes"
Else
MsgBox "Given file has " & val & " attributes"
End If
End
End Sub