Configuring File Attributes

Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Scripting Guide

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In addition to enumerating file attributes, the FileSystemObject provides a way to configure the following attributes:

• ReadOnly
• Hidden
• System
• Archive

To configure a file attribute, the script should use the following procedure:

1. Use the GetFile method to bind to the file.
2. Check for the attribute you want to change.

   For example, if you want to make a file read-only, check to see whether the file has already been marked read-only.

3. If the file is not read-only, use the logical operator XOR to toggle the switch. This will mark the file as read-only. If the file is already read-only, be careful not to use XOR. If you do, the switch will be toggled, and the read-only attribute will be removed.

The script in Listing 4.29 uses the AND operator to check whether the switch with the value 1 (read-only) has been set on the file C:\FSO\TestScript.vbs. If the file is not read-only, the script uses the XOR operator to turn the switch on and mark the file as read-only.

Listing 4.29   Configuring File Attributes

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Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile("C:\FSO\TestScript.vbs") If objFile.Attributes AND 1 Then     objFile.Attributes = objFile.Attributes XOR 1 End If

You can also simultaneously remove the ReadOnly, Hidden, System, and Archive attributes by using the following code statement:

objFile.Attributes = objFile.Attributes AND 0 

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