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