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Delete File Method

The Delete File method deletes a file. It does not return a value. It only deletes files. It does not delete directories. You can use the Delete Directory method to delete a directory.

Format

Kill pathname

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Example

The following example does the following work:

1. Prompts a user for an account number.
2. Opens a file.
3. Searches the file for the account number.
4. Displays the matching letter for that number.

The CreateFile subroutine creates the c:\temp001 file that the main subroutine uses. The first subroutine uses the Kill statement to delete the file after Siebel CRM finishes processing:

(general) (declarations)
Option Explicit
Declare Sub CreateFile
Global x as Integer
Global y(100) as String

Sub 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 Sub

Sub 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 Sub