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Description
Copies one or more files from one location to another.
PowerBASIC Syntax
METHOD CopyFile ( _
BYVAL bstrSource AS STRING, _
BYVAL bstrDestination AS STRING, _
OPTIONAL BYVAL bOverwrite AS INTEGER _
)
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Arguments
bstrSource
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BSTR. Character string file specification, which can include wildcard characters, for one or more files to be copied
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bstrDestination
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BSTR. Character string destination where the file or files from source are to be copied. Wildcard characters are not allowed.
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bOverwrite
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Boolean value that indicates if existing files are to be overwritten. If true, files are overwritten; if false, they are not. The default is true. Note that CopyFile will fail if destination has the read-only attribute set, regardless of the value of overwrite.
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Remarks
Wildcard characters can only be used in the last path component of the source argument.
Example [PowerBASIC]
#INCLUDE
"windows.inc"
#INCLUDE
"scrrun.inc"
DIM fso AS IFileSystem
' Create an instance of the FileSystemObject
fso
= NEWCOM "Scripting.FileSystemObject"
' Copy a file
fso.CopyFile
UCODE$("C:\MyFolder\Test.txt"), UCODE$("C:\MyFolder\Test2.txt"),
%FALSE
IF OBJRESULT = %S_OK THEN
MSGBOX "File
copied"
ELSE
MSGBOX
"Error &H" & HEX$(OBJRESULT) & " copying the file"
END IF
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