copy files

[web4]

hi there i am newbie in vb.net....umm i want to copy a file for example photo.jpg to another directory let's say photosdir.....how do i do that? thanks...i hope my question is clear...

 

[Sprint]

My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile("SourceFile", "DestinationFile")

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

There's also File.Copy() in the System.IO namespace you can use too

 

[web4]

Guys it won't work...can you tell me where's the fault of my program?
here's the code

Dim str As String = "..\..\..\picture"
Dim strs, path As String
path = Directory.Exists(str)
Try
If OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
strs = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(strs, path)
MsgBox("File Copied Successfully")
Else
MsgBox(Err.Description)
End If
Catch
MsgBox(Err.Description)
End Try

because if i copy the file the source file will become false or true i don't know why....pls help me..thanks

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

If you notice the parameters in the intellisense for CopyFile() you'll see that at minimum the first two parameters are strings, not a string and a boolean. Here's all of the parameters:

' Usage
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(sourceFileName ,destinationFileName)
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(sourceFileName ,destinationFileName ,overwrite)
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(sourceFileName ,destinationFileName ,showUI)
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(sourceFileName ,destinationFileName ,showUI ,onUserCancel)

Also, you may want to avoid using "..\..\..\picture" as a valid path. I say this because the working directory may change and a path like that would cause unexpected results.

 

[LeonR]

Something like this should work.. Obviously you need to stick the error checking back in.

        Dim DestinationPath As String = "C:\destination\"
        Dim SourceFile As String
        Dim DestinationFileName As String


        If OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then

            SourceFile = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
            DestinationFileName = OpenFileDialog1.SafeFileName


            My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(SourceFile, DestinationPath & DestinationFileName)

        End If

You will notice that the destination for 'My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile' needs to have the full path with filename. So it is My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile("C:\source\file.txt","C:\destination\file.txt").

What was happening when you tried your original code?

 

[web4]

ahhh it needs the full path.....sorry i didn't know that thank you LeonR!!!thanks a lot!!!!!!!