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TitleCreate a temporary file
Keywordscreate, temp, tmp, temporary, file
CategoriesFiles and Directories
 
Use the GetTempFileName and GetTempPath API functions.

Thanks to James Rushing.

 
' Generate a temporary file (path)\Tow????.TMP, where (path)
' is Windows's temporary file directory and ???? is a
' randomly assigned unique value.
' Then display the name of the created file on the screen.
Dim temppath As String  ' receives name of temporary file
    ' path
Dim tempfile As String  ' receives name of temporary file
Dim slength As Long  ' receives length of string returned
    ' for the path
Dim lastfour As Long  ' receives hex value of the randomly
    ' assigned ????
Dim tmpFileName As String

Private Sub Command1_Click()
    ' Get Windows's temporary file path
    temppath = Space(255)  ' initialize the buffer to
        ' receive the path
    slength = GetTempPath(255, temppath)  ' read the path
        ' name
    temppath = Left(temppath, slength)  ' extract data from
        ' the variable

    ' Get a uniquely assigned random file
    tempfile = Space(255)  ' initialize buffer to receive
        ' the filename
    lastfour = GetTempFileName(temppath, "Tow", 0, _
        tempfile)  ' get a unique temporary file name
    ' (Note that the file is also created for you in this
    ' case.)
    tempfile = Left(tempfile, InStr(tempfile, vbNullChar) - _
        1)  ' extract data from the variable
    Label1.Caption = tempfile '"Temporary filename: " &
        ' tempfile & " has been created."
    tmpFileName = tempfile
End Sub

Private Sub Command2_Click()
    Label1.Caption = tempfile & " Has been deleted from " & _
        "your system."
    Kill tmpFileName
End Sub
 
Formatted by Neil Crosby
 
 
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