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Your best bet is to use the FindFirstFile/FindNextFile API

This can give you :
     File Creation Date
     File Last Modified Date
     File Last Accessed Date

Use FileTime to System Time to decode the dates returned.

There is also the GetFileTime API - but this requires opening the file
- not a good generic solution.



On Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:36:03 +0200, Jure Sah <jure.sah@guest.arnes.si>
wrote:

>Is there a function that can tell the date last modified out of the
>filename in VB5?
>
>If yes, what is it called and how is it used? Please describe from
>begining to end.
>
>Thanx in advance!
>
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>
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>
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>reply.
>
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>
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>
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If you don't mind adding a DLL to your package (SCRRUN.DLL) you can
reference the Scripting Runtime Library. That gives access to the
FileSystemObject. Then use FSO.GetFile to get the file object. The file
object properties provide DateCreated, DateLastMod., file version, size,
etc......saving several pages of code.

Jure Sah wrote in message <3AED4013.E031EE4F@guest.arnes.si>...
>Is there a function that can tell the date last modified out of the
>filename in VB5?
>
>If yes, what is it called and how is it used? Please describe from
>begining to end.
>
>Thanx in advance!
>
>{I would also appriciate if replies get sent to my e-mail address too,
>because due to the large amount of trafic to these newsgroup, I can't
>afford to download all posts. Thank you.}
>
>--
>
>Don't feel bad about asking/telling me anything, I will always gladly
>reply.
>
>I'm addicted to PDS.
>
>Anybody interested in cooperation? See:
>Http://www.geocities.com/gtsc4/innc/index.html
>
>GTSC4 -- If nobody else wants to do it, why shouldn't we?(TM)
>HTTP://WWW.GeoCities.COM/GTSC4/
>

A possible problem with this approach is that some users are so
security-conscious that they have installed without any scripting support
libraries. Yes, they have to go to "great lengths" to install everything
without the .DLLs, but it is possible, and some do so.

"mayayana1" <mayayana1@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:9cjpai$3ju$1@slb7.atl.mindspring.net...
> If you don't mind adding a DLL to your package (SCRRUN.DLL) you can
> reference the Scripting Runtime Library. That gives access to the
> FileSystemObject. Then use FSO.GetFile to get the file object. The file
> object properties provide DateCreated, DateLastMod., file version, size,
> etc......saving several pages of code.
>
> Jure Sah wrote in message <3AED4013.E031EE4F@guest.arnes.si>...
> >Is there a function that can tell the date last modified out of the
> >filename in VB5?
> >
> >If yes, what is it called and how is it used? Please describe from
> >begining to end.
> >
> >Thanx in advance!
> >
> >{I would also appriciate if replies get sent to my e-mail address too,
> >because due to the large amount of trafic to these newsgroup, I can't
> >afford to download all posts. Thank you.}
> >
> >--
> >
> >Don't feel bad about asking/telling me anything, I will always gladly
> >reply.
> >
> >I'm addicted to PDS.
> >
> >Anybody interested in cooperation? See:
> >Http://www.geocities.com/gtsc4/innc/index.html
> >
> >GTSC4 -- If nobody else wants to do it, why shouldn't we?(TM)
> >HTTP://WWW.GeoCities.COM/GTSC4/
> >
>
>