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Description

Query file system information about the scanned directory with the passed ID.

Syntax

GetFolderInformation (FolderID : <Integer>, InfoType : <Shortint>, UsePlainValues : <Boolean>, NodeData : <OLEVariant>)

Parameters

FolderID	The ID referring to the folder, from which data should be extracted. You get this ID from the functions RootFolderID, FirstChildID or NextSiblingID.
InfoType	Defines the kind of requested information about a directory. The table of the Information Type values lists all accessible information.
UsePlainValues	Indicates, if size units and thousand separator will be included in the export, or if sizes are exported as plain values. Note: The Decimals property is still taken into account. If get plain integer values you have to set Decimals to 0 before.
NodeData	(Out Parameter) The delivered data. This is the place, to define a storing place for the returned data, you wanted to get.

Example

RootFolderID = SOS.RootFolderID
SOS.GetFolderInformation RootFolderID, 2, False, OutParameter

The call of GetFolderInformation() gathers the size (2 = "Size of the object") of the current root directory, and returns it in a OLEVariant variable called "OutParameter".
"OutParameter" can be accessed like every other variable of the variant type, and it's content can be used for printing.

Remarks

This function will query the latest scan information about a scanned directory. To get information from earlier scans, please use GetHistoricalFolderInformation().