FileAttributes FileAttributes FileAttributes FileAttributes Enum

Definition

public : enum class FileAttributespublic enum FileAttributesPublic Enum FileAttributes// You can use this enum in JavaScript.

Attributes

System.FlagsAttribute ContractVersionAttribute

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced v10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced v1)

Fields

Archive Archive Archive Archive	The item is archived.
Directory Directory Directory Directory	The item is a directory.
LocallyIncomplete LocallyIncomplete LocallyIncomplete LocallyIncomplete	The item is locally incomplete. Windows only.
Normal Normal Normal Normal	The item is normal. That is, the item doesn't have any of the other values in the enumeration.
ReadOnly ReadOnly ReadOnly ReadOnly	The item is read-only.
Temporary Temporary Temporary Temporary	The item is a temporary file.

Examples

The following example shows how to check the attributes of a folder.

using Windows.Storage;
using System.Diagnostics; // For writing results to the Output window.

// Get the app's installation folder.
StorageFolder appFolder = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation;

// Get the folder's attributes.
FileAttributes folderAttributes = appFolder.Attributes;

// Check the folder's attributes.
// Write the results to the Visual Studio Output window.
if ((folderAttributes & FileAttributes.ReadOnly) == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
    Debug.WriteLine("The item is read-only.");

if ((folderAttributes & FileAttributes.Directory) == FileAttributes.Directory)
    Debug.WriteLine("The item is a folder.");

if ((folderAttributes & FileAttributes.Archive) == FileAttributes.Archive)
    Debug.WriteLine("The item is archived.");

if ((folderAttributes & FileAttributes.Temporary) == FileAttributes.Temporary)
    Debug.WriteLine("The item is temporary.");

Remarks

The FileAttributes enumeration is used with the StorageFile.Attributes and StorageFolder.Attributes properties.

The enumeration values match the Win32 file type attributes. Therefore the enumeration values correspond to the Win32 values, which are flags in base 2.