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Kill Statement
Deletes files from a hard disk or floppy drive.
Syntax
Kill pathname
Returns
Not applicable
Usage
The pathname specification can contain paths and wildcards (? and *). Kill deletes files only, not folders. To delete folders, use the RmDir function.
Example
This example prompts a user for an account number, opens a file, searches for the account number, and displays the matching letter for that number. The second subprogram,
CreateFile
, creates the filec:\temp001
used by the main subprogram. After processing is done, the first subroutine uses Kill to delete the file.(general) (declarations)
Option Explicit
Declare Sub CreateFile
Global x as Integer
Global y(100) as StringSub CreateFile
' Put the numbers 1-10 and letters A-J into a file
Dim startletter
Open "c:\temp001" for Output as #1
startletter = 65
For x = 1 to 10
y(x) = Chr(startletter)
startletter = startletter + 1
Next x
For x = 1 to 10
Write #1, x,y(x)
Next x
Close #1
End SubSub Button_Click
Dim acctno as Integer
Dim msgtext
Call CreateFile
i: acctno = 6
If acctno<1 Or acctno>10 then
Goto i:
End if
x = 1
Open "c:\temp001" for Input as #1
Do Until x = acctno
Input #1, x,y(x)
Loop
msgtext = "The letter for account number " & x & " is: _
" & y(x)
Close #1
kill "c:\temp001"
End SubSee Also
FileAttr Function
FileDateTime Function
GetAttr Function
RmDir Statement
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Siebel VB Language Reference Published: 18 June 2003 |