copy and rename file

[hepower]

Could someone tell me how to copy a file to another name and directory in html or whatever? I am using a shareware/freeware program that has the name of a file embedded somewhere in the code. I can manually replace that file but what I want to do is let a user pick a choice then move the cooresponding choice to that file name. I can easily set up different directories and have links point to each but I want to try and cut down on the duplication.

 

[mackey333]

huh???? -Greg :-Q

 

[hepower]

A class uses "pic1". I also want to use pic2,pic3,etc... but they have to be renamed to "pic1" in order for the class to work. They (pic2,pic3,etc...) are stored in another directory. How do I copy pic2 to pic1 in the directory that pic1 resides? Overwriting pic1 is no problem. These will be chosen by links (hopefully) or a drop down list in an html file.

 

[mackey333]

well...I'm still not completly sure what you want to do..You want to have a bunch of imgs and when you need them, you need to change the name to "pic1"..right?

if so then use this bit of jscript:

pic1.src = "pic1.gif"
pic1.src = "pic2.gif"

this will name the picture "pic1" when you do this code the old picture (named pic1) will be replaced with a new picture (the new pic1) -Greg :-Q

 

[hepower]

Yes that is what I want. Would you mind expanding on that a little more? Thank you

 

[mackey333]

when you name your imgs..do it like this (between javascript tags):

if (document.images) {

pic1 = new Image
pic2 = new Image  (do this for all of your pics)

pic1.src = "pic1.gif"
pic2.src = "pic2.gif" (do this for all imgs so they preload)

}

then to change an image name, do it like this:

(this will take pic2.gif and name it pic1, again do this in javascript tags)

pic1.src = pic2.src

(now pic2.gif is named pic1)

hope that helps

-Greg :-Q