Kernel32DeleteFile Method
Deletes an existing file.
Namespace: DevCase.Win32.NativeMethodsAssembly: DevCase.net48 (in DevCase.net48.dll) Version: 6.0.0.0 (6.0)
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[DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, BestFitMapping = false,
ThrowOnUnmappableChar = true, SetLastError = true)]
public static bool DeleteFile(
string filepath
)
<DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", CharSet := CharSet.Auto, BestFitMapping := false,
ThrowOnUnmappableChar := true, SetLastError := true>]
Public Shared Function DeleteFile (
filepath As String
) As Boolean
Dim filepath As String
Dim returnValue As Boolean
returnValue = Kernel32.DeleteFile(filepath)
public:
[DllImportAttribute(L"Kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet::Auto, BestFitMapping = false,
ThrowOnUnmappableChar = true, SetLastError = true)]
static bool DeleteFile(
String^ filepath
)
[<DllImportAttribute("Kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, BestFitMapping = false,
ThrowOnUnmappableChar = true, SetLastError = true)>]
static member DeleteFile :
filepath : string -> bool
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- filepath String
-
The path of the file to be deleted.
In the ANSI version of this function (DeleteFileA),
the name is limited to MAX_PATH characters.
To extend this limit to 32,767 wide characters,
call the Unicode version of the function (DeleteFileW)
and prepend "\\?\" to the path, for example: DeleteFileW("\\?\C:\Very Long Path\File.ext")
Boolean
If the function succeeds, the return value is
.
If the function fails, the return value is
.
To get extended error information, call
GetLastWin32Error.