[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change]
Sets or returns the attributes of files or folders. Read/write or read-only, depending on the attribute.
object.Attributes [= newattributes]
object
Required. Always the name of a File or Folder object.
newattributes
Optional. If provided, newattributes is the new value for the attributes of the specified object.
The newattributes argument can have any of the following values or any logical combination of the following values:
Constant | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
Normal | 0 | Normal file. No attributes are set. |
ReadOnly | 1 | Read-only file. Attribute is read/write. |
Hidden | 2 | Hidden file. Attribute is read/write. |
System | 4 | System file. Attribute is read/write. |
Volume | 8 | Disk drive volume label. Attribute is read-only. |
Directory | 16 | Folder or directory. Attribute is read-only. |
Archive | 32 | File has changed since last backup. Attribute is read/write. |
Alias | 64 | Link or shortcut. Attribute is read-only. |
Compressed | 128 | Compressed file. Attribute is read-only. |
The following code illustrates the use of the Attributes property with a file:
function ToggleArchiveBit(filespec)
{
var fso, f, r, s;
fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
f = fso.GetFile(filespec)
if (f.attributes && 32)
{
f.attributes = f.attributes - 32;
s = "Archive bit is cleared.";
}
else
{
f.attributes = f.attributes + 32;
s = "Archive bit is set.";
}
return(s);
}
DateCreated Property | DateLastAccessed Property | DateLastModified Property | Drive Property | Files Property | IsRootFolder Property | Name Property | ParentFolder Property | Path Property | ShortName Property | ShortPath Property | Size Property | SubFolders Property | Type Property
Applies To: File Object | Folder Object