dwFileAttributes

Attribute information for the file or directory. The following table shows possible values.

Value	Description
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE	Indicates that the file or directory is an archive file or directory. Applications use this attribute to mark files for backup or removal.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED	Indicates that the file or directory is compressed. For a file, this means that all of the data in the file is compressed. For a directory, this means that compression is the default for newly created files and subdirectories.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY	Indicates that the handle identifies a directory.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED	Indicates that the file or directory is encrypted. For a file, this means that all data streams are encrypted. For a directory, this means that encryption is the default for newly created files and subdirectories.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN	Indicates that the file or directory is hidden. It is not included in an ordinary directory listing.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_INROM	Indicates that this file is an OS file stored in ROM. This type of file is read-only; It cannot be modified.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL	Indicates that the file or directory has no other attributes set. This attribute is valid only if used alone.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY	Indicates that the file or directory is read-only. Applications can read the file, but cannot write to it or delete it. In the case of a directory, applications cannot delete it.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT	Indicates that the file has an associated reparse point.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ROMMODULE	Indicates that the file is an OS file stored in ROM and run directly from ROM, rather than being first copied to RAM. You cannot use the CreateFilefunction to access this file. Instead, you must use the LoadLibraryand the CreateProcessfunctions.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ROMSTATICREF	The file is a DLL module that has a static reference from at least one other file that is in the modules section of the image. A file with this attribute cannot replace the functionality of the DLL with a RAM copy of the same DLL. A file with this attribute must also have the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_INROM and the FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ROMMODULE attributes.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE	Indicates that the file is a sparse file.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM	Indicates that the file or directory is part of the OS or is used exclusively by the OS.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY	Indicates that the file is being used for temporary storage. File systems attempt to keep all of the data in memory for quicker access, rather than flushing it back to mass storage. The application should delete a temporary file as soon as it is no longer needed.

ftCreationTime

FILETIMEstructure containing the time at which the file was created. The GetFileAttributesExfunction reports file times in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format. These functions set the FILETIMEmembers to zero if the file system containing the file does not support this member. Use the FileTimeToLocalFileTimefunction to convert from UTC to local time, and then use the FileTimeToSystemTimefunction to convert the local time to a SYSTEMTIMEstructure, containing individual members for the month, day, year, weekday, hour, minute, second, and millisecond.

ftLastAccessTime

FILETIMEstructure containing the time at which the file was last accessed. The time is in UTC format. The FILETIMEmembers are set to zero if the file system does not support this member.

ftLastWriteTime

FILETIMEstructure containing the time at which the file was last written to. The time is in UTC format. The FILETIMEmembers are set to zero if the file system does not support this member.

nFileSizeHigh

High-order DWORDof the file size. This member has no meaning for directories.

nFileSizeLow

Low-order DWORDof the file size. This member has no meaning for directories.

Not all file systems can record creation and last access time, and not all file systems record them in the same manner. For example, the object store (RAM) file system maintains only the last modified time.