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8.11.1 Attributes Property

Sets or returns the attributes of folders. 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 folder attribute requested, an error will be returned.

Syntax

object.Attributes [= newattributes]

Arguments

object
The name of a Folder 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.
 


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