Solution??? - Run Time Error if reading hidden dir

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Cold Storage (Posted 2005) [#1]

How can I tell a directory is hidden? I have a program that reads through the current directory and allows you to then move down the tree into the next directory. Sadly, hidden directories cause a Run Time Error : Directory Does Not Exist. How can I trap this? Can I get file attributes somehow, or is there another way without writing a C++ .dll or running a DOS script? HELP! ;O)

jfk EO-11110 (Posted 2005) [#2]

Here it works with hidden directories.

Cold Storage (Posted 2005) [#3]

Yes. My bad! :O) It's actually "System Volume Information" that is the bad guy here... reports as a directory using FileType so when your program tries to use NextFile$ on it.. it crashes. I get around it by checking if ReadDir$ is zero.