DWfile.getAttributes()

Availability

Dreamweaver 2.

Description

This function gets the attributes of the specified file or folder.

Arguments

fileURL

• The fileURL argument, which is expressed as a file:// URL, is the file or folder for which you want to get attributes.

Returns

A string that represents the attributes of the specified file or folder. If the file or folder does not exist, this function returns a null value. The following characters in the string represent the attributes:

• R is read only.
• D is folder.
• H is hidden.
• S is system file or folder.

Example

The following code gets the attributes of the mydata.txt file and displays an alert box if the file is read only:

var fileURL = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt";
var str = DWfile.getAttributes(fileURL);
if (str && (str.indexOf("R") != -1)){
   alert(fileURL + " is read only!");
}

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