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How to use the GetFileTime API?

How do I use the GetFileTime API call?

BTW:       Could you explain what the prefixes means?
      E.G. nDrive, hFile, lpCreationTime, lpszLongPath and fPictureOwnsHandle.
      What does the n, h, lp, lpsz and f mean?

ajmendes

Hi,
the declaration is like this:
Declare function GetFileTime& Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hfile as long, lpCreationTime as FILETIME, lpLastAccessTime as FILETIME, lpLastWriteTime as FILETIME) as Long

hFile: Long - a handle to a file
lpCreationTime: FILETIME - a FILETIME structure to load the last access time of the file
lpLastAccessTime: FILETIME - a FILETIME structure to load the last access time of the file (not supported by FAT file systems)
lpLastWriteTime: FILETIME - a FILETIME structure to load the last access time of the file

Type FILETIME '8 Bytes
dwLowDateTime as Long
dwHighDateTime as Long
EndType
64-bit number specifying the elapsed time since January 1, 1601, in 100-nanosecond increments.

Olli083097

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I need to know HOW to do it?!

But thanx for the help anyway...!

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prozak

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prozak

Oops, I just saw the f in fFixedDrive part of the typOFSTRUCT structure. I have no clue what the f means :) I checked the help in VC++ 5.0 and couldn't find anything. Anybody else know?

Olli083097

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Thanx!