by Karthikeyan (187 Submissions)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Wed 1st August 2001
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
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Create Directory using CreateDirectory API
API Declarations
nLength As Long
lpSecurityDescriptor As Long
bInheritHandle As Boolean
End Type
Private Declare Function CreateDirectory Lib "kernel32.dll" Alias "CreateDirectoryA" (ByVal lpPathName As String, lpSecurityAttributes As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) As Long
VBcoders
Dim attr As SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES ' security attributes structure
Dim rval As Long
' Set security attributes
attr.nLength = Len(attr) 'size of the structure
attr.lpSecurityDescriptor = 0 'normal level of security
attr.bInheritHandle = 1 'default setting
' Create directory.
rval = CreateDirectory("C:\Karthik\NewTestDir", attr)
End
End Sub
