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File Into Trash

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This article deals with Windows programming. This function moves a file to the trash (recycle) bin.

pascal
uses
  ShellAPI, 
  FileUtil;
  
  ...
  
function FileIntoTrashBin(strFilename : string) : boolean;
var
  fileStructure : TSHFileOpStruct;
begin
  FillChar(fileStructure, SizeOf(fileStructure), 0);

  with fileStructure do
    begin
      wFunc := FO_DELETE ;
      // Allows umlauts etc. in the file name
      pFrom := PChar(UTF8ToSys(strFilename));
      fFlags := FOF_ALLOWUNDO + FOF_NOCONFIRMATION + FOF_SILENT;
    end;

  Result := ShFileOperation(fileStructure) = 0;
end;
  
   ...

From the Free Pascal wiki, page "File Into Trash", as it stood on 2020-02-15 after a change by Trev, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's Licensing page. If you have concerns about this material, message the admin.

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