FLfile.setAttributes()

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004 7.2.

#### Usage

FLfile.setAttributes(fileURI, strAttrs)

#### Parameters

fileURI A string, expressed as a file:/// URI, specifying the file whose attributes you want to set.

strAttrs A string specifying values for the attribute(s) you want to set. For acceptable values for strAttrs, see the "Description" section below.

#### Returns

A Boolean value of true if successful.
Note: Results are unpredictable if the file or folder doesn’t exist. You should use FLfile.exists() (../FLfile_object/FLfile2.md) before using this method.

#### Description

Method; specifies system-level attributes for the specified file.
The following values are valid for strAttrs:

- N — No specific attributes (not read-only, not hidden, and so on)

- A — Ready for archiving (Windows only)

- R — Read-only (on the Macintosh, read-only means "locked")

- W — Writable (overrides R)

- H — Hidden (Windows only)

- V — Visible (overrides H, Windows only)

If you include both R and W in strAttrs, the R is ignored and the file is set as writable. Similarly, if you pass H and V, the
H is ignored and the file is set as visible.
If you want to make sure the archive attribute is not set, use this command with the N parameter before setting attributes. That is, there is no direct counterpart to A that turns off the archive attribute.

#### Examples

javascript
The following example sets the file mydata.txt to be read-only and hidden. It has no effect on the archive attribute.
var URI = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt"; 

if (FLfile.exists(URI)) {

    FLfile.setAttributes(URI, "RH");

}
The following example sets the file mydata.txt to be read-only and hidden. It also ensures that the archive attribute is not set.
var URI = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt";

if (FLfile.exists(URI)) { 

    FLfile.setAttributes(URI, "N"); FLfile.setAttributes(URI, "RH");

}

FLfile.getAttributes() (../FLfile_object/FLfile3.md)