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I need help deleting a file using VB6. For example, I want to delete C:\doc.txt
Can anyone help me?

You can use

code:

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Kill "c:\doc.txt"

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Thanks a lot, just missed the quotes.

Can it be used to delete directories?

No, you have to delete every file in every subdirectory, then remove the subdirectories and then remove the dir

code:

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RmDir "c:\bla\"
' c:\bla is empty

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okay, thanks for the help

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
No, you have to delete every file in every subdirectory, then remove the subdirectories and then remove the dir

code:

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RmDir "c:\bla\"
' c:\bla is empty

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Blah thats complicated.  I'm making a questionaire program at the moment  and its my first dealing with multiple forms and saving data its a nightmare and I don't even know where to start

quote:

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
No, you have to delete every file in every subdirectory, then remove the subdirectories and then remove the dir

code:

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RmDir "c:\bla\"
' c:\bla is empty

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Use..

code:

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ChDir "c:\bla\"
Kill "c:\bla\*.*"
ChDir "c:\"
RmDir "c:\bla\"

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or something like that

quote:

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Originally posted by Ahmad

quote:

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Originally posted by Millenium_edition
No, you have to delete every file in every subdirectory, then remove the subdirectories and then remove the dir

code:

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RmDir "c:\bla\"
' c:\bla is empty

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Use..

code:

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ChDir "c:\bla\"
Kill "c:\bla\*.*"
ChDir "c:\"
RmDir "c:\bla\"

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or something like that

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that won't work if the directory has subdirectories.
you have to use dir() to enumerate all the folders & files and then delete every single one of them

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