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How To Use API "CopyFile" in Foxpro 2.6 ?
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DECLARE LONG CopyFile IN WIN32API STRING lpExistingFileName, STRING lpNewFileName, LONG bFailIfExists
lnRetval = CopyFile("c:\autoexec.bat", "d:\autoexec.bat", 1)
IF lnRetval = 1
MESSAGEBOX("File Copied"
ELSE
MESSAGEBOX("Error"
ENDIF
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Note that the native COPY FILE takes less programming.
COPY FILE fromFile toFile
REMEMBER TO ADD FILE EXTENSION AND AS TEXTS (EXAMPLE fromFile = "MyDBF.DBF" etc.) WildCard characters will not function ... Caution !
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You can also use the run command and do the native OS command
Example: RUN XCOPY fromDir toDir /s
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ramani
ramani
(Subramanian.G)
FoxAcc
ramani_g@yahoo.com
lnRetval = CopyFile("c:\autoexec.bat", "d:\autoexec.bat", 1)
IF lnRetval = 1
MESSAGEBOX("File Copied"
ELSE
MESSAGEBOX("Error"
ENDIF
-----------------------------------------------------
Note that the native COPY FILE takes less programming.
COPY FILE fromFile toFile
REMEMBER TO ADD FILE EXTENSION AND AS TEXTS (EXAMPLE fromFile = "MyDBF.DBF" etc.) WildCard characters will not function ... Caution !
-----------------------------------------------------
You can also use the run command and do the native OS command
Example: RUN XCOPY fromDir toDir /s
-----------------------------------------------------
ramani
ramani
(Subramanian.G)
FoxAcc
ramani_g@yahoo.com
IF you are speaking of FPD (FoxPro DOS), I know of no way to do this. If you are using FPW (FoxPro for Windows), then there may be an answer.
Unfortunately it's not a "simple" Foxtools call. Because "CopyFile" is in Kernel32.dll which is a 32-bit .DLL, you can't directly call it from FPW - a 16-bit environment. If you want to try, first go to Rick Strahl's site and get Call32 - it allows you to call Win32 functions from FPW 2.x. I've had some luck with this routine for some API calls, but others "hung" the system <s>.
Rick
Unfortunately it's not a "simple" Foxtools call. Because "CopyFile" is in Kernel32.dll which is a 32-bit .DLL, you can't directly call it from FPW - a 16-bit environment. If you want to try, first go to Rick Strahl's site and get Call32 - it allows you to call Win32 functions from FPW 2.x. I've had some luck with this routine for some API calls, but others "hung" the system <s>.
Rick
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