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vdraceil
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Is it possible to delete files(any file) in the system from within vb??I ask this because it is possible to create a text file and save it from within vb..there must be a way to delete the created files i suppose,but i dont know how!
Sep 11 '07 #1
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kadghar
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Is it possible to delete files(any file) in the system from within vb??I ask this because it is possible to create a text file and save it from within vb..there must be a way to delete the created files i suppose,but i dont know how!
Sure, create a File System Object, and delete the file, something like this should do:

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  1. dim obj1 as object
  2. set obj1 = createobject("scripting.filesystemobject")
  3. obj1.deletefile "c:\file.txt", true
HTH
Sep 11 '07 #2
Is it possible to delete files(any file) in the system from within vb??I ask this because it is possible to create a text file and save it from within vb..there must be a way to delete the created files i suppose,but i dont know how!
or, if you dont want to create a filesystemobject, use the Kill statement:

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  1. Kill "C:\DeadFile.txt" 
  2.  
Sep 11 '07 #3

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