• jicman <cabrera_ _wrc.xerox.com> Jan 30 2008
• Regan Heath <regan netmail.co.nz> Jan 30 2008
• Regan Heath <regan netmail.co.nz> Jan 30 2008
• jicman <cabrera_ _wrc.xerox.com> Jan 30 2008

jicman <cabrera_ _wrc.xerox.com> writes:

Greetings!

Is there a way to send a file to the recycle bin or trashcan in Windows?  I
know I can delete it using std.file, but how can I send it to the recycle bin?

thanks,

josé

Regan Heath <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:

jicman wrote:
 Greetings!
 
 Is there a way to send a file to the recycle bin or trashcan in
 Windows?  I know I can delete it using std.file, but how can I send
 it to the recycle bin?


I googled this VB example, you can usually convert VB to C/C++ fairly 
easily:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/recycle.aspx

Search MSDN for SHFileOperation.  It's declared in shellapi.h and you'll 
need to link your D code with shell32.lib or shell32.dll.

eg

--[recycle.d]--
import std.c.windows.windows;

extern(Windows)
{
	alias WORD FILEOP_FLAGS;

	struct SHFILEOPSTRUCTA
	{
			HWND            hwnd;
			UINT            wFunc;
			LPCSTR          pFrom;
			LPCSTR          pTo;
			FILEOP_FLAGS    fFlags;
			BOOL            fAnyOperationsAborted;
			LPVOID          hNameMappings;
			LPCSTR           lpszProgressTitle; // only used if FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS
	}
	alias SHFILEOPSTRUCTA* LPSHFILEOPSTRUCTA;
	
	struct SHFILEOPSTRUCTW
	{
			HWND            hwnd;
			UINT            wFunc;
			LPCWSTR         pFrom;
			LPCWSTR         pTo;
			FILEOP_FLAGS    fFlags;
			BOOL            fAnyOperationsAborted;
			LPVOID          hNameMappings;
			LPCWSTR          lpszProgressTitle; // only used if FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS
	}
	alias SHFILEOPSTRUCTW* LPSHFILEOPSTRUCTW;
	
	int SHFileOperationA(LPSHFILEOPSTRUCTA lpFileOp);
	int SHFileOperationW(LPSHFILEOPSTRUCTW lpFileOp);
}

void main()
{
	SHFILEOPSTRUCTA op;
	// set op members
	SHFileOperationA(&op);
}

To compile:
dmd recycle.d shell32.lib

Regan

Regan Heath <regan netmail.co.nz> writes:

Add these to my last post:

UINT	FO_DELETE         		= 0x0003;
UINT	FOF_ALLOWUNDO     		= 0x0040;
UINT	FOF_NOCONFIRMATION		= 0x0010;

and use this main:

void main()
{
	SHFILEOPSTRUCTA op;
	
     op.wFunc = FO_DELETE;
     op.pFrom = toStringz("C:\\test.txt");
     op.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO;
     op.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO + FOF_NOCONFIRMATION;

	writefln(SHFileOperationA(&op));
}

and it puts "C:\\test.txt" in my receycle bin :)

R

jicman <cabrera_ _wrc.xerox.com> writes:

Regan Heath Wrote:

 Add these to my last post:
 
 UINT	FO_DELETE         		= 0x0003;
 UINT	FOF_ALLOWUNDO     		= 0x0040;
 UINT	FOF_NOCONFIRMATION		= 0x0010;
 
 and use this main:
 
 void main()
 {
 	SHFILEOPSTRUCTA op;
 	
      op.wFunc = FO_DELETE;
      op.pFrom = toStringz("C:\\test.txt");
      op.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO;
      op.fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO + FOF_NOCONFIRMATION;
 
 	writefln(SHFileOperationA(&op));
 }
 
 and it puts "C:\\test.txt" in my receycle bin :)
 
 R


Thanks Regan.

josé