Jean,
WOW! That's great info and certainly more than I remember.
Thanks!
Malcolm
----- Original message -----
From: "Jean Laeremans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:15:34 +0200
Subject: Re: Any way to have the OS change the date last modified on a
file?
On 7/13/07, Malcolm Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Caution: FoxTouch() has some bugs. Unfortunately I can't remember the
> specifics. You may want to search this forum's archives and/or check out
> the UT or Tek-tips for more details.
>
> Malcolm
Indeed.
A+
jml
(from Extended foxtools help by George Tasker
Modifies the date/time stamp of a specified file.
Syntax
lnresult = FoxTouch(lcFilename, lnYear, lnMonth, lnDay,;
lnHours, lnMinutes, lnSeconds)
lcFilename
A character string representing the fully qualified file name.
lnYear
The 4 digit numeric value of the year.
lnMonth
The numeric month (1 - 12).
lnDay
The day number within the month.
lnHours
The hour number (0 - 23) of the day.
lnMinutes
The minute number of the hour (0 - 59).
lnSeconds
The number of seconds (0 - 59).
Returns
Numeric
Remarks
The function always appears to return 0 even if the file does not
exist. According to the documentation, if no date is passed the
function uses the system date and time. Unfortunately, this is
inaccurate. Calling FoxTouch() in VFP 5.0/6.0 without first providing
it with the desired all parameters results in a data type mismatch
error. If, however, you provide the parameters, any call to FoxTouch()
after the initial one, that does not provide the parameters, will
cause the function to use the previously provided ones.
Further, in 5.0/6.0 the function apparently assumes that the value
being passed is in UTC (Universal Coordinated Time) time, and stamps
the file accordingly. In the Eastern time zone of the United States,
this will cause the file to receive a last modification date/time that
is 4 (under Daylight Savings Time) or 5 hours (under Standard Time)
earlier than the desired value. Naturally, other time zones will
receive different results. There are three possible workarounds for
this problem. One is to retrieve the key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control\TimeZoneInformation\ActiveTimeBias
from the registry as a string and convert it to the value in minutes.
The second is to retrieve the current bias from
GetTimeZoneInformation(). The second example demonstrates this
technique.
Example
The following example uses FoxTouch() to terminate an executable after
30 days of usage. It increments the seconds to keep track of the
number of days. If 30 days have elapsed since the first usage, the
function returns .T. The function is written for usage under VFP. FPW
users should modify the function due to the absence of the DATETIME()
function. The function, however, is not foolproof, since it can be
overcome by modifying the system date. Further, it relies on the fact
that the seconds are not shown in the Windows 95 Explorer.
FUNCTION ThirtyDays
LPARAMETER pcfile
* pcfile is the fully qualified file name
LOCAL a_dir, lnyear, lnday, lnmonth, lnhour, lnmin, lnsecs,;
llresult, lnfiles, ldtoday
* Set return value so that if the file is not present
* the program will not run.
llresult = .T.
IF FILE(pcfile)
= ADIR(a_dir, pcfile)
lnyear = YEAR(a_dir[1, 3])
ldtoday = DATETIME()
IF lnyear = 1980
* First use, so stamp it with the current
* date and time with seconds at 0
lnyear = YEAR(ldtoday)
lnmonth = MONTH(ldtoday)
lnday = DAY(ldtoday)
lnhour = HOUR(ldtoday)
lnmin = MINUTE(ldtoday)
lnsec = 0
ELSE
* Otherwise, modify the seconds
* if necessary
lnmonth = MONTH(a_dir[1, 3])
lnday = DAY(a_dir[1, 3])
lnhour = VAL(LEFT(a_dir[1, 4], 2))
lnmin = VAL(SUBSTR(a_dir[1, 4], 3, 2))
lnsec = VAL(RIGHT(a_dir[1, 4], 2))
IF DATE() > a_dir[1, 3] + lnsecs
lnsec = lnsec + 1
ENDIF
llresult = (lnsec = 30)
ENDIF
= FoxTouch(pcfile, lnyear, lnmonth, lnday, lnhour, lnmin, lnsec)
ENDIF
RETURN llresult
The following example demonstrates how to call
GetTimeZoneInformation() to retrieve the current bias and overcome the
bug mentioned above. This applies to the 6.0 version of the library.
Early or later releases should be tested prior to use.
FUNCTION FoxStamp
Adjusts for the FoxTouch() UTC bug
LPARAMETER tfilename, ttDateTime
The file to stamp
A date/time to stamp it with
DECLARE INTEGER GetTimeZoneInformation IN Win32API;
STRING @lpTimeZoneInformation
LOCAL lctimezone, lnbias, ltdatetime
lctimezone = REPLICATE(CHR(0), 172)
= GetTimeZoneInformation(@lctimezone)
* Convert to and integer number of seconds to add or subtract
lnbias = StringToInteger(LEFT(lctimezone, 4, .T.) * 60
ltdatetime = ttDateTime + lnbias
RETURN FoxTouch(tfilename, YEAR(ltdatetime), MONTH(ltdatetime),;
DAY(ltdatetime), HOUR(ltdatetime), MINUTE(ltdatetime),;
SEC(ltdatetime))
FUNCTION StringToInteger
LPARAMETER pcstring, plsigned
LOCAL lnresult, lnlast, lni, llsigned,;
lnmsb, lnmax
lnresult = 0
lnlast = LEN(pcstring)
* Return Signed Integer?
IF PCOUNT() = 2
llsigned = plsigned
ELSE
llsigned = .F.
ENDIF
FOR lni = 1 TO lnlast
lnresult = lnresult + ASC(SUBSTR(pcstring, lni, 1)) * (256 ^ (lni -
1))
NEXT
IF llsigned
lnmsb = (lnlast * 8) - 1
IF BITTEST(lnresult, lnmsb)
lnmax = (2 ^ (lnmsb + 1))
lnresult = lnresult - lnmax
ENDIF
ENDIF
RETURN lnresult
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