Flash CS4 Resources

FLfile.remove()

Availability

Flash MX 2004 7.2.

Usage

FLfile.remove(fileOrFolderURI)

Parameters

fileOrFolderURI: A string, expressed as a file:/// URI, specifying the file or folder you want to remove (delete).

Returns

A Boolean value of true if successful; false otherwise.

Description

Method; deletes the specified file or folder. If the folder contains files, those files will be deleted as well. Files with the R (read-only) attribute cannot be removed.

Examples

The following example warns a user if a file exists and then deletes it if the user chooses to do so:

var fileURI = prompt ("Enter file/folder to be deleted: ", "file:///c|/temp/delete.txt"); 
if (FLfile.exists(fileURI)) { 
    var confirm = prompt("File exists. Delete it? (y/n)", "y"); 
    if (confirm == "y" || confirm == "Y") { 
        if(FLfile.remove(fileURI)) { 
            alert(fileURI + " is deleted."); 
        }  
        else { 
            alert("fail to delete " + fileURI); 
        } 
    } 
}  
else { 
    alert(fileURI + " does not exist"); 
}

The following example deletes a configuration file created by an application:

if(FLfile.remove("file:///C|/MyApplication/config.ini")) { 
    alert("Configuration file deleted"); 
}

The following example deletes the Configuration folder and its contents:

FLfile.remove("file:///C|/MyApplication/Configuration/");