User Guide

40 Chapter 2: The File I/O API
DWfile.remove()
Availability
Dreamweaver 3.
Description
This function moves the specified file to the Recycling Bin or Trash.
Arguments
fileURL
• The fileURL argument, which is expressed as a file:// URL, is the file you want to remove.
Returns
A Boolean value: true value if the operation succeeds; false otherwise.
Example
The following example uses the DWfile.getAttributes() function to determine whether the
file is read-only and the
confirm() function to display a Yes/No dialog box to the user:
function deleteFile(){
var delAnyway = false;
var selIndex = document.theForm.menu.selectedIndex;
var selFile = document.theForm.menu.options[selIndex].value;
if (DWfile.getAttributes(selFile).indexOf('R') != -1){
delAnyway = confirm('This file is read-only. Delete anyway?');
if (delAnyway){
DWfile.remove(selFile);
}
}
}
000_DW_API_Print.book Page 40 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:14 AM