Programming Mechworks PDM > DBWCommandShell > Commands Reference > File

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Description

This command allows the reading of the file size and dates with administrative priviledges, when needed.

Syntax

call DBWShell("FileGetSizeAndDates fullPathFileName [useUTC]")

Parameters

fullPathFileName	the full path of the file
useUTC	Optional. 0: returns the date/time according to local pc format settings 1: returns the date/time in UTC format

Remarks

When not running under DBWServer, it gets the size and dates by using the standard Win32 functionalities.

Example

Sub Main()

DBWinit(TRUE)
DBWShell( "FileGetSizeAndDates " & replace("M:\MyArchive\MyFile.SLDDRW"," ","|"))
fileSize = DBWResult("@FILE_SIZE")
creationTime = DBWResult("@FILE_CREATION_TIME")
lastModifiedTime = DBWResult("@FILE_LAST_MODIFIED_TIME")
fileAccessTime = DBWResult("@FILE_ACCESS_TIME")
DBWMsgBox _
  "size = " & fileSize & vbcrlf &_
  "creation time = " & creationTime & vbcrlf &_
  "last modified time = " & lastModifiedTime & vbcrlf &_
  "file access time = " & fileAccessTime
End Sub