Working with server files

Classic Servoy
1

How to read properties, for example the creation date from a file on the server.

There are 2 functions to read or right data from the server:
straemFilesFromServer and
streamFilesToServer
Are there more functions to work with server files?

2

What is it exactly that you try to do/need ?

3

I want to check on the server if a file is present or not.
It would be nice if I could read the creation or modification date.

4

Actually my problem is that I can’t delete a file on the server form the smart client.
Is there a possibility to delete e a file from the smart or web client?

5

You can indeed delete files on the server using the file plugin (smart/webclient). But of course it does require that Servoy has permission to delete such a file.
Why do you say you can’t delete a file ? What does your code look like?

6

I don’t have any code now to delete a file, I just stream files from the server and stream files to the server now.
Do I have to go over a UNC path to delete files?
Or you might have a small example to push me in to the right direction?

7

Hi ttmgybta,

You should first get a JSFile reference to that server file, the use deleteFile on that reference.

See the sample for the deleteFile method of JSFile objects in the Servoy wiki here: http://wiki.servoy.com/display/public/DOCS/JSFile#JSFile-deleteFile

Providing that the file is in located on the default folder of the file plugin (the folder you use to stream files to), this works fine.

8

Thank you!
I’m trying something like that.

var f = plugins.file.convertToRemoteJSFile('/report/' + _fileName) 
if (f && f.exists())
	f.deleteFile();

I just have to wait until I can deploy my solution to the server to test it.