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

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

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

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