Attributes property

Sets or returns the attributes of files or folders. Read/write or read-only, depending on the attribute.

Syntax

object.Attributes [= newattributes ]

The Attributes property has these parts:

Settings

The newattributes argument can have any of the following values or any logical combination of the following values.

Remarks

The following code illustrates the use of the Attributes property with a file.

Sub SetClearArchiveBit(filespec)
    Dim fs, f, r
    Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set f = fs.GetFile(fs.GetFileName(filespec))
    If f.attributes and 32 Then
        r = MsgBox("The Archive bit is set, do you want to clear it?", vbYesNo, "Set/Clear Archive Bit")
        If r = vbYes Then 
            f.attributes = f.attributes - 32
            MsgBox "Archive bit is cleared."
        Else
            MsgBox "Archive bit remains set."
        End If
    Else
        r = MsgBox("The Archive bit is not set. Do you want to set it?", vbYesNo, "Set/Clear Archive Bit")
        If r = vbYes Then 
f.attributes = f.attributes + 32
            MsgBox "Archive bit is set."
        Else
            MsgBox "Archive bit remains clear."
        End If
    End If
End Sub

See also

• Objects (Visual Basic for Applications)
• Visual Basic language reference

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