4D v16.3
DELETE DOCUMENT
- 4D Language Reference
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- System Documents
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- System Documents
- Append document
- CLOSE DOCUMENT
- Convert path POSIX to system
- Convert path system to POSIX
- COPY DOCUMENT
- CREATE ALIAS
- Create document
- CREATE FOLDER
- DELETE DOCUMENT
- DELETE FOLDER
- Document creator
- DOCUMENT LIST
- Document to text
- Document type
- FOLDER LIST
- GET DOCUMENT ICON
- Get document position
- GET DOCUMENT PROPERTIES
- Get document size
- Get localized document path
- MAP FILE TYPES
- MOVE DOCUMENT
- Open document
- RESOLVE ALIAS
- Select document
- Select folder
- SET DOCUMENT CREATOR
- SET DOCUMENT POSITION
- SET DOCUMENT PROPERTIES
- SET DOCUMENT SIZE
- SET DOCUMENT TYPE
- SHOW ON DISK
- Test path name
- TEXT TO DOCUMENT
- VOLUME ATTRIBUTES
- VOLUME LIST
DELETE DOCUMENT
| DELETE DOCUMENT ( document ) | ||||||||
| Parameter | Type | Description | ||||||
| document | String |
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Document name or Full document pathname | |||||
The DELETE DOCUMENT command deletes the document whose name you pass in document.
If the document name or the entered path name is incorrect, an error is generated. This is also the case if you try to delete an open document.
DELETE DOCUMENT doesn’t accept an empty string argument for document. If an empty string is used, the Open File dialog box is not displayed and an error is generated.
WARNING: DELETE DOCUMENT can delete any file on a disk. This includes documents created with other applications as well as the applications themselves. DELETE DOCUMENT should be used with extreme caution. Deleting a document is a permanent operation and cannot be undone.
The following example deletes the document named Note:
DELETE DOCUMENT("Note") ` Delete the documentSee example for the APPEND DATA TO PASTEBOARD command.
Deleting a document sets the OK system variable to 1. If DELETE DOCUMENT can’t delete the document, the OK system variable is set to 0.
Product: 4D
Theme: System Documents
Number:
159
Modified: 4D v6.7.1
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