How to get files "Last Accessed" attribute?

From: Jon Erik Oterhals <jonoter@stud.ntnu.no>

Brian Fløe Sørensen wrote:

 In Windows 95, you can see when a file was last accessed by right-clicking
 the file and selecting properties.

 How can I get this information in Delphi/API???

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  FileHandle : THandle;
  LocalFileTime : TFileTime;
  DosFileTime : DWORD;
  LastAccessedTime : TDateTime;
  FindData : TWin32FindData;
begin
  FileHandle := FindFirstFile('AnyFile.FIL', FindData);
  if FileHandle <> INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE then
  begin
    Windows.FindClose(Handle);
    if (FindData.dwFileAttributes and FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) = 0 then
    begin
      FileTimeToLocalFileTime(FindData.ftLastWriteTime, LocalFileTime);
      FileTimeToDosDateTime(LocalFileTime,
      LongRec(DosFileTime).Hi,LongRec(DosFileTime).Lo);
      LastAccessedTime := FileDateToDateTime(DosFileTime);
      Label1.Caption := DateTimeToStr(LastAccessedTime);
    end;
  end;
end;

How do I convert "Long File Name.pas" to "longfi~1.pas"?

Here try these procedures.

Function GetShortFileName(Const FileName : String) : String;
var
  aTmp: array[0..255] of char;
begin
  if GetShortPathName(PChar(FileName),aTmp,Sizeof(aTmp)-1)=0 then
     Result:= FileName
  else
     Result:=StrPas(aTmp);
end;

Function GetLongFileName(Const FileName : String) : String;
var
  aInfo: TSHFileInfo;
begin
  if SHGetFileInfo(PChar(FileName),0,aInfo,Sizeof(aInfo),SHGFI_DISPLAYNAME)<>0 then
     Result:= String(aInfo.szDisplayName)
  else
     Result:= FileName;
end;

HDD Serial Number

> We need to know how can we get the serial number of a HDD, working with
> Delphi 2.0

Try this:

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  SerialNum : pdword;
  a, b : dword;
  Buffer  : array [0..255] of char;
begin
  if GetVolumeInformation('c:\', Buffer, SizeOf(Buffer), SerialNum, a, b, nil, 0) then
    Label1.Caption := IntToStr(SerialNum^);
end;

How to check if drive 'a:' is ready?

function DiskInDrive(const Drive: char): Boolean;
var
  DrvNum: byte;
  EMode: Word;
begin
  result := false;
  DrvNum := ord(Drive);
  if DrvNum >= ord('a') then dec(DrvNum,$20);
  EMode := SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
  try
    if DiskSize(DrvNum-$40) <> -1 then result := true
    else messagebeep(0);
  finally
    SetErrorMode(EMode);
  end;
end;

Audio CD

Vincent Oostindie <vincent.oostindie@tip.nl> wrote
> * How do I get the unique number from an audio CD in the CD-ROM drive?

const
  MCI_INFO_PRODUCT                = $00000100;
  MCI_INFO_FILE                   = $00000200;
  MCI_INFO_MEDIA_UPC              = $00000400;
  MCI_INFO_MEDIA_IDENTITY         = $00000800;
  MCI_INFO_NAME                   = $00001000;
  MCI_INFO_COPYRIGHT              = $00002000;

{ parameter block for MCI_INFO command message }
type
  PMCI_Info_ParmsA = ^TMCI_Info_ParmsA;
  PMCI_Info_ParmsW = ^TMCI_Info_ParmsW;
  PMCI_Info_Parms = PMCI_Info_ParmsA;
  TMCI_Info_ParmsA = record
    dwCallback: DWORD;
    lpstrReturn: PAnsiChar;
    dwRetSize: DWORD;
  end;
  TMCI_Info_ParmsW = record
    dwCallback: DWORD;
    lpstrReturn: PWideChar;
    dwRetSize: DWORD;
  end;
  TMCI_Info_Parms = TMCI_Info_ParmsA;

These are the buffers you want: the identifier is returned as a string of decimal digits by the MCI_INFO_MEDIA_IDENTITY function. You should be able to cross-reference this with the online help (Win32 and TMediaPlayer component).

How can I delete a file to the Recycle Bin?

program del;

uses
 ShellApi;

//function SHFileOperation(const lpFileOp: TSHFileOpStruct): Integer; stdcall;

Var T:TSHFileOpStruct;
    P:String;
begin
  P:='C:\Windows\System\EL_CONTROL.CPL';
  With T do
  Begin
    Wnd:=0;
    wFunc:=FO_DELETE;
    pFrom:=Pchar(P);
    fFlags:=FOF_ALLOWUNDO
  End;
  SHFileOperation(T);
End.

var
  FileList: string;
  FOS: TShFileOpStruct;
begin
  FileList := 'c:\delete.me'#0'c:\windows\temp.$$$'#0#0;
  { if you were using filenames in string variables: }
  FileList := Filename1 + #0 + Filename2 + #0#0;

  FOS.pFrom := PChar(FileList);

  // blah blah blah
end;