I use foxpro 2.6 for windows and windows xp.

None of these work:

delete file c:\a.xls recycle
erase c:\a.xls recycle

They delete the file, but it is not being put in the recycle bin.

Can a file be deleted to the recycle bin in foxpro 2.6 for windows?

Regards,

Jan Nordgreen

Re: delete to recycle bin in foxpro 2.6 for windows by Andrew

Andrew
Thu Jun 30 03:31:21 CDT 2005

"damezumari" <jannordgreen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1120102421.360446.297490@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I use foxpro 2.6 for windows and windows xp.
>
> None of these work:
>
> delete file c:\a.xls recycle
> erase c:\a.xls recycle
>
> They delete the file, but it is not being put in the recycle bin.
>
> Can a file be deleted to the recycle bin in foxpro 2.6 for windows?

If you download the utilities here
http://www.maddogsw.com/cmdutils/

then you can use

run recycle -f <file>

There's probably a neater way by using regfn and callfn but I can't help you
with that.
Why would you want to recycle anything? If you want to keep it, move to an
archive directory, if you don't then delete. Mind you, I've never really got
on with the recycle bin concept, I always turn it off. Relying on it is
dangerous, it lulls users into a false sense of security and you never want
to find there's no "recycle bin" when you thought there would be. [eg delete
a file on another networked machine, use a non Windows machine etc.] If it's
important, make a copy before changing.

--
Regards
Andrew Howell



SV: delete to recycle bin in foxpro 2.6 for windows by Anders

Anders
Thu Jun 30 05:24:22 CDT 2005

There was no RECYCLE clause in 2.6
-Anders



Den 05-06-30 05.33, i artikeln
1120102421.360446.297490@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com, skrev "damezumari"
<jannordgreen@gmail.com>:

> I use foxpro 2.6 for windows and windows xp.
>
> None of these work:
>
> delete file c:\a.xls recycle
> erase c:\a.xls recycle
>
> They delete the file, but it is not being put in the recycle bin.
>
> Can a file be deleted to the recycle bin in foxpro 2.6 for windows?
>
> Regards,
>
> Jan Nordgreen
>