Getting a file's creation date

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Socoder -> Blitz -> Getting a file's creation date
Sun, 28 Sep 2008, 15:55
Forklift_Fred	I'm expecting this to be a kernel32.dll type thing since I can't see anything within Blitz itself... Simple question really, how do I determine how old a file is? Based around the idea of keeping a list up to date and grabbing the latest edition online if the local file is over 30 days old. I have a preferences file saved so I could add a "Last Updated" property but if the information's there in the system already why should I need to clog up my preferences? Thanks to anyone who can help... \|edit\| Actually, I could add the date in the list file itself I suppose... still not very elegant though... \|edit\| -=-=- Come rain or shine...
Sun, 28 Sep 2008, 16:03
Jayenkai	I was going to suggest that you could execfile "dir", send the output to a text file, and get it that way.. dir thisfile.here >output.txt Then read that. But.. Apparently Vista doesn't do that anymore. sigh -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 11:40
Phoenix	Fear not, for the knight in shiny armor comes and rescues you! Put the .decls and the .dll in the userlibs folder, and then just use it like this: date$ = GetFileCreationDate$("c:/myMegaAwesome.file") Print date$ WaitKey() --v I now realize that the name is a bit off since it actually checks for the date when it was last updated, but I can't be arsed changing that now.
Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 12:09
Eikon	Pass the full path of your file to this exe via command line and the date it was created is sent to c:\output.txt eiksoft.com/wsc93151839/date.zip ExecFile "date.exe C:\Docume~1\Eikon.ADDONTECH\Desktop\current.txt" file = ReadFile("c:\output.txt") tmp$ = ReadLine(file) CloseFile File DeleteFile "c:\output.txt" Print tmp$ WaitKey() --v
Mon, 29 Sep 2008, 12:19
Forklift_Fred	Phoenix I now realize that the name is a bit off since it actually checks for the date when it was last updated, but I can't be arsed changing that now. Actually, that should be enough... if not better than the creation date. Thanks guys -=-=- Come rain or shine...