FLfile.getAttributes()

#### Availability

Flash MX 2004 7.2.

#### Usage

FLfile.getAttributes(fileOrFolderURI)

#### Parameters

fileOrFolderURI A string, expressed as a file:/// URI, specifying the file or folder whose attributes you want to retrieve.

#### Returns

A string that represents the attributes of the specified file or folder.
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; returns a string representing the attributes of the specified file or folder, or an empty string if the file has no specific attributes (that it, it is not read-only, not hidden, and so on). You should always use FLfile.exists() (../FLfile_object/FLfile2.md) to test for the existence of a file or folder before using this method.
Characters in the string represent the attributes as follows:

- R — fileOrFolderURI is read-only

- D — fileOrFolderURI is a folder (directory)

- H — fileOrFolderURI is hidden (Windows only)

- S — fileOrFolderURI is a system file or folder (Windows only)

- A — fileOrFolderURI is ready for archiving (Windows only)

For example, if fileOrFolderURI is a hidden folder, the string returned is "DH".

#### Example

javascript
The following example gets the attributes of the file mydata.txt and displays an alert box if the file is read-only.
var URI = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt"; 

if (FLfile.exists(URI)){

    var attr = FLfile.getAttributes(URI);

        if (attr && (attr.indexOf("R") != -1)) { // Returned string contains R. alert(URI + " is read only!");

    }

}

FLfile.setAttributes() (../FLfile_object/FLfile13.md)