Use the Recycle Bin
Demonstration of how to send a file to the Windows Recycle Bin.
Module
' Structures
Private Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
hwnd As Long
wFunc As Long
pFrom As String
pTo As String
fFlags As Integer
fAnyOperationsAborted As Long
hNameMappings As Long
lpszProgressTitle As Long
End Type
' API
Private Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" (lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long
' Contants
Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3
Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40
Private Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION = &H10 ' Responds with "yes to all" for any dialog box that is displayed.
Private Const FOF_SILENT = &H4 ' Does not display a progress dialog box.
Public Sub SendFileToRecycleBin(FileName As String, Optional Confirm As Boolean = True, Optional Silent As Boolean = False)
Dim FileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT
'fills the file operation structure
With FileOp
.wFunc = FO_DELETE
.pFrom = FileName
.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO
If Not Confirm Then .fFlags = .fFlags + FOF_NOCONFIRMATION
If Silent Then .fFlags = .fFlags + FOF_SILENT
End With
SHFileOperation FileOp
End Sub
Usage
Private Sub Command1_Click()
SendFileToRecycleBin "C:\filename.ext", False
End Sub
Special Instructions
This code originally appeared on AndreaVB.com, and has been republished here with the permission of Andrea Tincani.
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