Copy and Paste with VB

I am trying to copy a file from one directory to another to try to make a Patch to fix errors in a program that I wrote. What would the propper coding be to copy from say "C:\test.txt" to "D:\test.txt" and have it automatically overwrite the old file.

go to the online help and look up File System Object

does anyone have any examples?? The ones on MSDN are horrible.

You could try either of these

This will just make a copy of the file in a new location (d:\test.txt) the old file (c:\test.txt) will remain in place.

VB Code:

'   To copy to a new location.
    FileCopy "c:\test.txt", "d:\test.txt"

This will move the file. After this call c:\test.txt will not exist.

VB Code:

'   To move the file
    Name "c:\test.txt" As "d:\test.txt"

Both of these functions will overwrite the destination file if it exists.

Please note : The example provided does not prodive any error handling code, such as if the path exists...Try something like this...

VB Code:

Private Function ValidateDir(strPath As String) As Boolean
    On Error Goto NoPath
    If Dir$(strPath, vbDirectory) <> "" Then
        ValidateDir = True
    Else
        ValidateDir = False
    End If
 
    On Error Goto 0
    Exit Function
 
NoPath:
    If Err = 52 then
        ValidateDir = False
        On Error Goto 0
        Err.Clear
    End If
    
End Function