by Justin Coleman - from VB Tech Tips by VBPJ (1 Submission)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sat 25th September 1999
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
(1 Votes)
Send a file to the Recycle Bin rather than deleting it comletely
API Declarations
hWnd As Long
wFunc As Long
pFrom As String
pTo As String
fFlags As Integer
fAnyOperationsAborted As Boolean
hNameMappings As Long
lpszProgressTitle As String
End Type
Private Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib _
"shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" _
(lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long
Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3
Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40
Private Const FOF_CREATEPROGRESSDLG As Long = &H0
Public Enum RemoveAction
rfRecycle = 1
rfDelete = 2
End Enum
VBcoders
Dim FileOperation As SHFILEOPSTRUCT
Dim lReturn As Long
On Error GoTo RemoveFile_Err
With FileOperation
.wFunc = FO_DELETE
.pFrom = filename
If action = rfRecycle Then
.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO + FOF_CREATEPROGRESSDLG
Else
.fFlags = FO_DELETE + FOF_CREATEPROGRESSDLG
End If
End With
lReturn = SHFileOperation(FileOperation)
If lReturn <> 0 Then
RemoveFile = False
Else
RemoveFile = True
End If
Exit Function
RemoveFile_Err:
RemoveFile = False
End Function
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