Recycle Files!

Want to delete a file and have it go into the recycle bin? The Kill statement
permanently deletes the file. Instead, try the following:

Private Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib _
"shell32.dll" (ByRef lpFileOp As _
SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long

Private Const ERROR_SUCCESS = 0&
Private Const FO_COPY = &H2
Private Const FO_DELETE = &H3
Private Const FO_MOVE = &H1
Private Const FO_RENAME = &H4
Private Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO = &H40
Private Const FOF_CONFIRMMOUSE = &H2
Private Const FOF_FILESONLY = &H80
Private Const FOF_MULTIDESTFILES = &H1
Private Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION = &H10
Private Const FOF_NOCONFIRMMKDIR = &H200
Private Const FOF_RENAMEONCOLLISION = &H8
Private Const FOF_SILENT = &H4
Private Const FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS = &H100
Private Const FOF_WANTMAPPINGHANDLE = &H20

Private Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
        hwnd As Long
        wFunc As Long
        pFrom As String
        pTo As String
        fFlags As Integer
        fAnyOperationsAborted As Long
        hNameMappings As Long
        lpszProgressTitle As String '  only used if FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS
End Type

Next create a function called Recycle, like so

Public Sub Recycle(ByVal FileName As String)
    Dim CFileStruct As SHFILEOPSTRUCT

    With CFileStruct
        .hwnd = Me.hwnd
        .fFlags = FOF_ALLOWUNDO
        .pFrom = FileName
        .wFunc = FO_DELETE
    End With

    If SHFileOperation(CFileStruct) <> ERROR_SUCCESS Then
        'An error occurred.
    End If

End Sub


To test the procedure, create a dummy text file, drop a command button onto a
Visual Basic form, and then attach the following code

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Recycle "c: est.txt"
End Sub


When you click the button, Windows asks if you want to move the file to the Recycle Bin.

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