Question Xcopy

[Fibrewire]

folder browser dialog copy

Please help,

ive started a simple project to copy a folder from one place to another, so far i have; one folderbrowserdialog to select the source folder, and another folderbrwoserdialog to select the destination folder, i have no idea on the code to copy from one variable location to another.

" Private Sub BrowseFoldersButton_Click2(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BrowseSourceButton.Click

Dim theFolderBrowser As New FolderBrowserDialog

theFolderBrowser.Description = "Please Select The Folder Which You Would Like Backed Up."

theFolderBrowser.ShowNewFolderButton = True

theFolderBrowser.RootFolder = System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop

theFolderBrowser.SelectedPath = My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Desktop

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

Me.FolderChoiceTextBoxSource.Text = theFolderBrowser.SelectedPath

End If

End Sub"

would it simply be something like
"Shell (CMD xcopy "Me.FolderChoiceTextBoxSource.Text" "Me.FolderChoiceTextBoxDestination.Text" /s)

Regards Fibrewire

 

[Fibrewire]

Please help,

ive started a simple project to copy a folder from one place to another, so far i have; one folderbrowserdialog to select the source folder, and another folderbrwoserdialog to select the destination folder, i have no idea on the code to copy from one variable location to another.

"
Dim Source As String = Me.FolderChoiceTextBoxSource.Text
Dim Destination As String = Me.FolderChoiceTextBoxDestination.Text
"


would it simply be something like;
Shell("c:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" xcopy "Source" "Destination" /S /D /Q /Y /C, vbMinimizedNoFocus)

or am i approaching this from completely the wrong angle


Regards Fibrewire

 

[JohnH]

My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyDirectory("c:\temp\dir1", "c:\temp\dir2")

 

[Fibrewire]

Thanks jon, but what if i wanted to keep the arguments? what is the syntax for that?

 

[JohnH]

Thanks jon, but what if i wanted to keep the arguments? what is the syntax for that?

Care to explain more what you mean?