When was that file last accessed?

Here’s an example of how to write a function that’ll return a file’s last access time (not to be confused with the last modified time).

Triggering default menu items from code

It’s sometimes useful to be able to trigger the default menu item of a popup menu from code. Here is a routine that does just that for any popup menu.

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Search for help

Looking for a way to open your application’s help file to it’s search window? All you have to do is pass the name (and the path) of your help file and the string you want to search for to the following HelpSearch() function:

Reading and writing INI files

Here is an overloaded group of commands to read from or write to an INI file. The routines are overloaded based on the d parameter. s is the [GROUP], k is Left side (key), d is the default or new parameter and f is the filename to use.

Open documents and URLs in their associated applications

If you like how Windows Explorer and File Manager lets you open documents just by double clicking on them, without opening the associated program first, here’s how to achieve similar functionality from your