"Bruce Lawson" wrote:

> Hi All,
> I've modified a simple Aspnet program from a text to show file information,
> including attributes and I keep getting an error which I cannot seem to
> solve; here's the important parts:
> Imports System
> Imports System.IO
> Imports System.IO.DirectoryInfo
> Imports System.IO.File
> Imports System.IO.FileAttributes
> ............
> Private Sub PageLoad()
> Dim f as new FileInfo("file path")............
> 'change file attributes to hidden or archive just for kix
> 'File.SetAttributes(path, FileAttributes.Archive)
> 'File.SetAttributes(path, FileAttributes.Hidden)
> 'f.Attributes = 2
> 'f.Attributes = FileAttributes.Hidden
> 'none of these work,
> The program compiles fine, but kicks out on run with this error:
> System.ArgumentException: Invalid File or Directory attributes value. When
> the error lines above are commented out, the program runs fine. Any help is
> much appreciated.
> BruceL
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