Hello Scott,

Here is a more advanced version. The code below will clear out all files in the directory specified that have a .mp3 file extension.

Var vName as String
Var vLoop as Int
Var vCnt as Int
Var vStatus as Int
Var vFiles as String
Var vHandle as Int
Var vDirectory as String

vDirectory = "C:\Sesame\Music\"

vStatus = @Shell("dir " + vDirectory + " /b > " + vDirectory + "DirectoryListing.txt")

If vStatus = 0 Then
{
	vFiles = @Insert(vDirectory +"DirectoryListing.txt")
	vFiles = @Replace(vFiles, @Newline(), ";")
	vFiles = @SearchStringArray(vFiles, "..\.mp3")
	vCnt = @CountStringArray(vFiles)
	vLoop = 1

	If @AskUser("This will clear " + @Str(vCnt) + " Files.", "Are you sure you want to continue", "") Then
	{
		While vLoop <= vCnt
		{
			vName = @AccessStringArray(vFiles, vLoop)
			FileDelete(vDirectory + vName)
			vHandle = FileOpen(vDirectory + vName)
			FileClose(vHandle)
			vLoop = vLoop + 1
		}
	}
	FileDelete(vDirectory + "DirectoryListing.txt")
} 

Use at your own risk, same as the other one I posted.

-Ray

Hello Scott,

You can either make a command button or run the code in a Mass Update on one record. Either way works.

The code is deleting the existing files and then creating new files with the same names, that have nothing in them. So number three is the correct answer.

-Ray

I'm not sure if anyone is still interested, but I was in another forum and posted my curiosity about a program to "zero out" multiple files while retaining their filenames.  (The suggestions offered here were great and I have made use of them, but I was still looking for something that would deflate hundreds of files in one fell swoop.)

In response, a software writer named Robert Clark wrote a batch file that does this using the DOS "type NUL>filename" command.  Is anyone interested in seeing this code?