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22 The File I/O API
Example
You can call this function and the DWfile.getModificationDate() function on a file to
compare the modification date to the creation date:
var file1 = "file:///c|/temp/file1.txt";
var time1 = DWfile.getCreationDate(file1);
var time2 = DWfile.getModificationDate(file1);
if (time1 == time2){
alert("file1 has not been modified since it was created");
}else if (time1 < time2){
alert("file1 was last modified on " + time2);
}
DWfile.getCreationDateObj()
Availability
Dreamweaver MX.
Description
This function gets the JavaScript object that represents the time when the file was created.
Arguments
fileURL
■ The fileURL argument, which is expressed as a file:// URL, is the file for which you are
checking the creation time.
Returns
A JavaScript Date object that represents the date and time when the specified file was created.
DWfile.getModificationDateObj()
Availability
Dreamweaver MX.
Description
This function gets the JavaScript Date object that represents the time when the file was last
modified.
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