How to delete a file in vb.net

[CAILYN]

Hi,
I want a way to delete a file in vb.net. I have folder which includes some useless temp file. What I am doing is trying to take a backup of the entire directory. It has several webpages hyperlinked to each other. I want a quick and easy way to delete a file. Also what is the way to copy and move the folders. Thanks in advance.

[MindSpace]

It is very handy to delete a file in vba. You can also remove the entire folder if do not required. Here I will recommend you to use VBA Kill statement. The parameter here is kill path & filename. But kill statement cannot delete read only files. The sample code is as follows :

Dim KillFile As String
KillFile = "c:\temp\temp.doc"
'Check that file exists
If Len(Dir$(KillFile)) > 0 Then
    'First remove readonly attribute, if set
    SetAttr KillFile, vbNormal
    'Then delete the file
     Kill KillFile
End If

[Modifier]

If you got the proper syntax then it quiet simple to copy or move folders and f file to different location in vb.net. The VBA Name and FileCopy function are used here. By this you can either move the file and folder or create a copy of files and folders in a desired location. See the codes -

Sub Copy_One_File()
    FileCopy "C:\Users\SourceFolder\text.xls", "C:\Users\DestFolder\text.xls"
End Sub

Sub Move_Rename_One_File()
'You can change the path and file name
    Name "C:\Users\SourceFolder\text.xls" As "C:\Users\DestFolder\text.xls"
End Sub

[Katty]

Just give the kill function to delete the folder. For eg. give Kill C:\folder. It remove the folder permanently. You will have to ensure here the Kill path and file name. Otherwise the syntax will not work properly.Then to copy use the File copy function. Determine the name path and file name as new path and file name. The file will copied to the desired location.

[johnspells]

That was amazing I was not aware about kill function in vb.net, I was just thought that it will have remove and delete option. I was just wondering that can we also use the delete/remove function at the place where we had used kill function.I think that for addition or remove if loop is very helpful. Good job,keep doing it.