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Module: APIFilesAndPaths in Category Windows : File and Disk Operations from Total Visual SourceBook

Working with drives, paths, and files in VB6 and VBA with 32 and 64-bit Windows API calls.

Procedure List

Procedure Name	Type	Description
(Declarations)	Declarations	Declarations and private variables for the modAPIFilesAndPaths module.
ConvertPathToUNC	Procedure	Convert the named path to its universal naming convention (UNC) representation. This function returns the full UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path for the given file system path. For example, assume that your F: drive is mapped to a shared network drive on your server named "dev". The UNC mapping for this would be \\dev\directoryname where directoryname is the name of the directory the drive is mapped to. If you specify a path and a file name and extension for the strFileName argument, the file name and extension are returned along with the UNC path. If the path you pass is not a mapped network drive, this procedure calls the Windows API to get your computer name. This name becomes the root of the UNC path. For example, if your computer is named "MyComp", and your C drive has the label "MyC", the UNC path would be \\MyComp\MyC.
DriveFromPath	Procedure	Get the drive letter part of the path.
FilesToArrayAPI	Procedure	Populate the passed array with a list of files in the specified directory. This search is extremely fast compared to other searches. It is considerably faster than using the Windows Search dialog as well.
GetFileHandle	Procedure	Open a file to get a handle to it. We then use this handle for other calls. This function may fail if the file is already opened.
GetFileSize	Procedure	Get the size of the specified file in bytes.
GetFileTime	Procedure	Get the specified file time for the specified file. To specify the type of time you want returned, use the appropriate EnumFileTimeType value.
GetFileVersion	Procedure	Get the version information from a file such as a DLL, EXE, OCX, etc.
GetLongFileName	Procedure	Get the full path and name of a file in long file name format, given a path in DOS compatible short file name format.
GetShortFileName	Procedure	Get the DOS-compatible short file name version of a long file name.
NullTerminatedStringToArray	Procedure	Convert a null-terminated string to the passed array.
PathFromFullPath	Procedure	Get the remainder of a path after the drive letter.
SetFileTime	Procedure	Set the specified time on the specified file.
SubDirsToArrayAPI	Procedure	Populate the passed array with a list of subdirectories in the specified directory.
SystemTimeToVBATime	Procedure	Convert the Windows SYSTEMTIME structure to a VBA Date type.
VBATimeToFileTime	Procedure	Convert the passed date value to the Windows FILETIME structure. When calling the Windows API to work with file times, you must convert to and from VBA Date type serial values and the appropriate Windows time structure. This procedure converts a VBA Date type serial date to the Windows SYSTEMTIME structure.
VBATimeToSystemTime	Procedure	Convert the supplied VBA date/time value to the Windows SYSTEMTIME struct.
WinTimeToVBATime	Procedure	Convert the Windows FILETIME structure to a VBA Date type. When calling the Windows API to work with file times, you must convert to and from VBA Date type serial values and the appropriate Windows time structure. This procedure converts a Windows FILETIME structure to a VBA-compatible Date type serial date.

Example Code for Using Module: APIFilesAndPaths

' Example of the modAPIFilesAndPaths module
'
' To use this example:
' 1. Create a new form.
' 2. Create five command buttons called:
'     - cmdGetFileTime
'     - cmdSetFileTime
'     - cmdLongShortName
'     - cmdPathToUNC
'     - cmdFindFiles
' 3. Paste the entire contents of this module into the
'    new form's module.
'
' This example assumes that the sample files are located in the folder named by the following constant.
Private Const mcstrSamplePath As String = "C:\Total Visual SourceBook 2013\Samples\"

Private Sub cmdGetFileTime_Click()
  Dim strFile As String
  Dim strTmp As String

  strFile = mcstrSamplePath & "sample.mdb"

  ' Build up information about the file into a string
  strTmp = "File: " & strFile & vbCrLf & _
           "Size: " & GetFileSize(strFile) & vbCrLf & _
           "Date Accessed: " & GetFileTime(strFile, ftt_Accessed, True) & vbCrLf & _
           "Date Modified: " & GetFileTime(strFile, ftt_Modified, True) & vbCrLf & _
           "Date Created: " & GetFileTime(strFile, ftt_Created, True) & vbCrLf & _
           "File Version: " & GetFileVersion(strFile)

  ' Display the information
  Debug.Print strTmp

End Sub

Private Sub cmdSetFileTime_Click()
  Dim strFile As String
  Dim strTmp As String

  ' Now change the time of a file
  strFile = mcstrSamplePath & "TESTTIME.TXT"

  ' Build up a string with information about dates and times
  strTmp = "Date Access for " & strFile & " is " & vbCrLf & Format$( _
           GetFileTime(strFile, ftt_Accessed, True), "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss") & vbCrLf

  ' Change the time
  SetFileTime strFile, Now, ftt_Modified

  ' Show the details after the change
  strTmp = strTmp & "After changing to Now(), Date Access is " & vbCrLf & _
           Format$(GetFileTime(strFile, ftt_Accessed, True), "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss")

  ' Display the results
  Debug.Print strTmp

End Sub

Private Sub cmdLongShortName_Click()
  Dim strFile As String
  Dim strTmp As String

  strFile = mcstrSamplePath & "sample.mdb"

  ' Build up information about long and short names
  strTmp = "Long File Name: " & GetLongFileName(strFile) & vbCrLf & _
           "Short File Name: " & GetShortFileName(strFile)

  ' Display the results
  Debug.Print strTmp

End Sub

Private Sub cmdPathToUNC_Click()
  Dim strFile As String
  Dim strTmp As String

  strFile = mcstrSamplePath & "sample.mdb"

  ' Make the call the get the UNC path
  strTmp = "UNC Path for: " & strFile & " is: " & vbCrLf & _
           ConvertPathToUNC(strFile)

  ' Display the results
  Debug.Print strTmp

End Sub

Private Sub cmdFindFiles_Click()

  Dim arrSubDirsFound() As String
  Dim arrLocationsFound() As String
  Dim intCounter As Integer

  intCounter = SubDirsToArrayAPI(mcstrSamplePath, arrSubDirsFound(), True, True, True, True)
  Debug.Print intCounter
  For intCounter = 0 To UBound(arrSubDirsFound)
    Debug.Print intCounter & ": " & arrSubDirsFound(intCounter)
  Next intCounter

  ReDim arrLocationsFound(0)
  intCounter = FilesToArrayAPI(mcstrSamplePath, "*.txt", 0, True, arrLocationsFound(), True, True, True, True)
  Debug.Print intCounter
  For intCounter = 0 To UBound(arrLocationsFound)
    Debug.Print intCounter & ": " & arrLocationsFound(intCounter)
  Next intCounter

End Sub

Private Sub Form_Load()
  ' Setup controls

  With Me.cmdGetFileTime
    .Top = 100
    .Left = 100
    .Width = 5000
    .Height = 400
    .Caption = "Get File Info"
  End With

  With Me.cmdSetFileTime
    .Top = 600
    .Left = 100
    .Width = 5000
    .Height = 400
    .Caption = "Change File Time"
  End With

  With Me.cmdLongShortName
    .Top = 1100
    .Left = 100
    .Width = 5000
    .Height = 400
    .Caption = "Get File Long && Short Name"
  End With

  With Me.cmdPathToUNC
    .Top = 1600
    .Left = 100
    .Width = 5000
    .Height = 400
    .Caption = "Get File UNC Path"
  End With

  With Me.cmdFindFiles
    .Top = 2100
    .Left = 100
    .Width = 5000
    .Height = 400
    .Caption = "Find Files"
  End With

End Sub

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