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8.9.1 Attributes Property

Sets or returns the attributes of files. Read/write or read-only, depending on the attribute.
 

Note

This property depends on the underlying operating system for its behavior. If the OS file system does not support the file attribute requested, an error will be returned.

Syntax

object.Attributes [= newattributes]

Arguments

object
The name of a File object. Required.
newattributes
The new value for the attributes of the specified object. Optional.

Settings

The newattributes argument can have any of the following values or any logical combination of the following values:
 

Constant Value Description
Normal
 
0
 
Normal file. No attributes are set.
 
ReadOnly
 
1
 
Read-only file. Attribute is read/write.
 
Hidden
 
2
 
Hidden file. Attribute is read/write.
 
System
 
4
 
System file. Attribute is read/write.
 
Volume
 
8
 
Disk drive volume label. Attribute is read-only.
 
Directory
 
16
 
Folder or directory. Attribute is read-only.
 
Archive
 
32
 
File has changed since last backup. Attribute is read/write.
 
Alias
 
64
 
Link or shortcut. Attribute is read-only.
 
Compressed
 
128
 
Compressed file. Attribute is read-only.
 

Remarks

The following code illustrates the use of the Attributes property with a file:
 

Sub SetClearArchiveBit(filespec)

Dim fs, f, r

Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set f = fs.GetFile(fs.GetFileName(filespec))

If f.attributes and 32 Then

r = MsgBox("The Archive bit is set, do you want to clear it?", vbYesNo, "Set/Clear Archive Bit")

If r = vbYes Then

f.attributes = f.attributes - 32

MsgBox "Archive bit is cleared."

Else

MsgBox "Archive bit remains set."

End If

Else

r = MsgBox("The Archive bit is not set. Do you want to set it?", vbYesNo, "Set/Clear Archive Bit")

If r = vbYes Then

f.attributes = f.attributes + 32

MsgBox "Archive bit is set."

Else

MsgBox "Archive bit remains clear."

End If

End If

End Sub


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