>I tried to change the file attribute of several 6 files with
>a call to the Windows API function below, and it works with
>5 of the files but not with one FPT file. Should I set the bit
>manually to 0 on that file instead?
>
>DECLARE INTEGER SetFileAttribute IN WIN32API STRING, INTEGER
>SetFileAttributes(FULLPATH(FileName), 32)
>

You might consider looking at the return code from the API call, which tells you if it fails or not, and if it does, you can then call GetLastError() to find out why.

>Source Safe is making the files read-only (as it should)
>I'm using the Steven Black's INTL tookit and the files I need to
>change its attributes programatically are:
>(INTL Toolkit crashes if the files are R/O)
>
>strings.dbf
>strings.fpt
>strings.cdx
>
>msgsvc.dbf
>msgsvc.fpt --> doesn't work, Win API call doesn't change file attrib from read only to not.
>msgsvc.cdx
>
>it works with the other 5 files, why ?
>(both strings, and msgsvc have memo fields with text in them)
>If I change attributes from Windows Explorer (with file properties) I can do it.
>If I change attributes from DOS it works too.
>So the file is not corrupt.
>
>thanks
>
>Andres Martinez
>andres@brokersys.com