How to get the date of a file?

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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by cor.

How to get the date of a file?



Using Windows 98 SE
Registered PB version : 3.40 (Windows)
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C. de Visser
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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Froggerprogger.

(From this forum just about 20 days before:)

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Tecor400



Spain
3 Posts
Posted - 28 Nov 2002 : 14:12:44
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Hi,
I have not found in PB documentation any command who allows to retreive the date of a file.

Somebody can help me?

BR
Joaquin

Pupil



Sweden
349 Posts
Posted - 28 Nov 2002 : 15:28:45
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Use Win API command for this. Something like this should do it(you might have to correct some stuff, as i haven't tested it yet):

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hFile.l = ReadFile(0, "Your file to open")If hFile
  If GetFileTime_(hFile, @creationtime.FILETIME, @lastaccestime.FILETIME, lastwritetime.FILETIME)
    FileTimeToSystemTime_(@creationtime, @time.SYSTEMTIME)
    ; the structure SYSTEMTIME contains year, month, day, hour, minute, second, millisecond
    ; Recently someone wrote a snippet to interpret this info see att Resoures site or
    ; this forum for more info about that.
  EndIf
  CloseFile(0)
EndIf

You really should get a Win API helpfile to be able to digest this properly, on the resources site there's some links that might help i think..
Resources site: http://www.reelmediaproductions.com/pb/

Hope this info will help you...

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Edited by - Pupil on 28 Nov 2002 15:30:21


Tecor400



Spain
3 Posts
Posted - 29 Nov 2002 : 12:16:24
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It runs fine.
Thanks

BR
Joaquin

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