Title: Sending a file to Windows Recycle Bin (for beginners)
Question: If you want to send a file to Windows Recycle Bin with code, try this...
Answer:
// send the specified file to Windows Recycle Bin
function RecycleBinDelete(strFileName: string): boolean;
var
recFileOpStruct: TSHFileOpStruct;
begin
// clear the structure
FillChar(recFileOpStruct, SizeOf(TSHFileOpStruct), 0);
with recFileOpStruct do begin
wFunc := FO_DELETE;
pFrom := PChar(strFileName);
fFlags := FOF_ALLOWUNDO or FOF_NOCONFIRMATION or FOF_SILENT;
end;
// set the return with sucess of the operation
result := (0 = ShFileOperation(recFileOpStruct));
end;