fRemoveDir (Function)

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External file management functions

Operating mode in Windows Vista (and later)

See also

Constants for the external files

Functions for handling directories and external files

Handling the external files

Storing files in Android

Summary table: Managing the application directories according to the platform

fCurrentDir (Example)

fCurrentDir

fCurrentDrive (Example)

fDetectRemovableStorage

fDriveReady (Example)

fExtractPath (Example)

fGraphicFilter (Example)

fGraphicFilter

fImageSelect (Example)

fImageSelect

fInsertTextAtBeginning

fIsImage

fListDirectory (Example)

fReadLineRegularExpression

fReportsAndQueriesDir

fSizeUncompressed (Example)

fSizeUncompressed

fSplit

fStopCompress (Example)

fUncompress (Example)

Operating mode in Windows Vista (and later)

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fRemoveDir (Function)

In french: fRepSupprime

Deletes a directory from a disk.

Remarks:

The user must have the rights to delete a directory.
A directory currently browsed by fDir or fListFile cannot be deleted.

Deletes a directory from the server disk. The Internet Guest account must have the rights to delete a directory.

Versions 15 and later

This function is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This function is now available for Android applications.

Versions 16 and later

This function is now available for Windows Phone applications.

New in version 16

This function is now available for Windows Phone applications.

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Android widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Android widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

This function is now available in Android widget mode.

This function is now available in Windows Store apps mode.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

See additional examples

// Delete a directory
ResDelete = fRemoveDir("C:\MyDirectories\MyFiles")

Syntax

<Result> = fRemoveDir(<Directory to delete> [, <Deletion indicator>])

<Result>: Boolean

True if the directory was deleted,
False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<Directory to delete>: Character string

Name and full (or relative) path of directory to delete. A UNC path can be used. The wildcard characters (*,?) are ignored. This directory name may (or may not) end with "\".
Versions 15 and later
This parameter can be in Ansi or Unicode format.
New in version 15
This parameter can be in Ansi or Unicode format.
This parameter can be in Ansi or Unicode format.
Only the directories found in the directory of the application can be handled.

<Deletion indicator>: Optional constant

frReadOnly Also deletes the read-only files. If this constant is not specified, the function will return False if read-only files must be deleted.
This constant is not available.
frRecursive The contents of directory and sub-directories are also deleted. If this constant is not specified, the directory must be empty in order to be deleted.
frToRecycleBin Sends the directory to the Windows bin instead of deleting it.
This constant is not available.

<Deletion indicator> is empty by default. None of these options is selected.

Remarks

Operating mode in Windows Vista (and later)

If this function does not operate properly in Windows Vista (and later), check whether the file or directory used is not in one of the system directories (Windows directory or "Program Files" directory).

In Windows Vista (and later), with the UAC mechanism (User Account Control) enabled, you must have administrator privileges to handle and/or modify the files or directories in system directories (Windows directory or "Program Files" directory).

Programming tip: To handle and/or modify the files or directories without administrator privileges, you should:

avoid writing to the Windows directory or to the "Program Files" directory,
use the system directory of the application (returned by SysDir with the srAppDataCommun constant, for example).

Component: wd270std.dll