4.1.4.9 DeleteFile

DeleteFile function

Prototype:	function DeleteFile(const FilePath: string): boolean;
Description:	Use DeleteFile function to delete file in a specific directory.
Syntax:	variable := DeleteFile(FilePath);
	Part	Description
	variable	variable declared as boolean
	Project	A reference to the Field-Map project as defined in Field-Map Project Manager
	FilePath	A string parameter specifying the full location of the file
Return value:	True if the file was deleted OK, otherwise False

Example:

var

fileName, pathToFile: string;

checkDeleteFile: boolean;

begin

fileName:= 'listOfTrees.txt';

pathToFile:= SystemDir + fileName; // SystemDir is predefined variable, returns path to the system folder, see Predefined variables

checkDeleteFile:= DeleteFile(pathToFile);

if checkDeleteFile = true then

begin

ShowMessage('The file "' + fileName + '" was deleted from ' + pathToFile);

end

else

begin

ShowMessage('The file "' + fileName + '" not exists in the directory ' + pathToFile);

end;

end.

Output in Field-Map Data Collector:

if the file exists and it was deleted correctly

if the file not exists or the file wasn't deleted