Attributes Property

Description

Sets or returns the attributes of files or folders. Read/write or read-only, depending on the attribute.

Syntax

object.Attributes [= newattributes]

The Attributes property has these parts:

Part	Description
object	Required. Always the name of a File or Folder object.
newattributes	Optional. If provided, newattributes is the new value for the attributes of the specified object.

Settings

The newattributes argument can have any of the following values or any logical combination of the following values:

Constant	Value	Description
Normal	0	Normal file. No attributes are set.
ReadOnly	1	Read-only file. Attribute is read/write.
Hidden	2	Hidden file. Attribute is read/write.
System	4	System file. Attribute is read/write.
Volume	8	Disk drive volume label. Attribute is read-only.
Directory	16	Folder or directory. Attribute is read-only.
Archive	32	File has changed since last backup. Attribute is read/write.
Alias	64	Link or shortcut. Attribute is read-only.
Compressed	128	Compressed file. Attribute is read-only.

Remarks

The following code illustrates the use of the Attributes property with a file:

function ToggleArchiveBit(filespec)
{
  var fso, f, r, s;
  fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
  f = fso.GetFile(filespec)
  if (f.attributes && 32)
  {
    f.attributes = f.attributes - 32;
    s = "Archive bit is cleared.";
  }
  else
  {
    f.attributes = f.attributes + 32;
    s =  "Archive bit is set.";
  }
  return(s);
}