FileDelete PowerScript function

Deletes the named file.

<span>FileDelete</span> ( <span>filename</span> )

1	<span>FileDelete</span> ( <span>filename</span> )

Argument	Description
filename	A string whose value is the name of the file you want to delete

Boolean. Returns true if
it succeeds, false if an error occurs. If filename is null, FileDelete returns null.

These statements delete the file the user selected
in the Open File window:

integer ret, value

1	integer ret, value

string docname, named

1	string docname, named

value = GetFileOpenName("Select File," &amp;

1	value = GetFileOpenName("Select File," &

        docname, named, "DOC", &amp;

1	docname, named, "DOC", &

            "Doc Files (*.DOC),*.DOC")

1	"Doc Files (.DOC),.DOC")

IF value = 1 THEN ret = MessageBox("Delete", &amp;

1	IF value = 1 THEN ret = MessageBox("Delete", &

        "Delete file?", Question!, OKCancel!)

1	"Delete file?", Question!, OKCancel!)

IF ret = 1 THEN <span>FileDelete</span>(docname)

1	IF ret = 1 THEN <span>FileDelete</span>(docname)

August 13, 2023

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