is there a way so I can make my program save IT SELF in a folder of my chouse? please put the code for it because im just learning vb.
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is there a way so I can make my program save IT SELF in a folder of my chouse? please put the code for it because im just learning vb.
you mean when you run the program copy itself to a folder??
Try this:
Code:x = Inputbox("What folder would you like to copy your program to?")
'Make sure your directory is like C:\Windows\
If x = "" Then Exit Sub
If Dir("" & x & "", vbDirectory) <> "" Then
FileCopy App.Path & "\" & App.EXEName & ".exe", x & "\" & App.EXEName & ".exe"
Else
Msgbox "Cannot copy a file to a folder that doesn't exist!", 16
End If
yes
If you would rather choose a directory instead, you can do this:
Code:Option Explicit
Public Type BrowseInfo
hwndOwner As Long
pIDLRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As Long
lpszTitle As Long
ulFlags As Long
lpfnCallback As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type
Public Const BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS = 1
Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
Public Declare Sub CoTaskMemFree Lib "ole32.dll" (ByVal hMem As Long)
Public Declare Function lstrcat Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcatA" (ByVal lpString1 As String, ByVal lpString2 As String) As Long
Public Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32" (lpbi As BrowseInfo) As Long
Public Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32" (ByVal pidList As Long, ByVal lpBuffer As String) As Long
Public Function BrowseForFolder(hwndOwner As Long, sPrompt As String) As String
'declare variables to be used
Dim iNull As Integer
Dim lpIDList As Long
Dim lResult As Long
Dim sPath As String
Dim udtBI As BrowseInfo
'initialise variables
With udtBI
.hwndOwner = hwndOwner
.lpszTitle = lstrcat(sPrompt, "")
.ulFlags = BIF_RETURNONLYFSDIRS
End With
'Call the browse for folder API
lpIDList = SHBrowseForFolder(udtBI)
'get the resulting string path
If lpIDList Then
sPath = String$(MAX_PATH, 0)
lResult = SHGetPathFromIDList(lpIDList, sPath)
Call CoTaskMemFree(lpIDList)
iNull = InStr(sPath, vbNullChar)
If iNull Then sPath = Left$(sPath, iNull - 1)
End If
'If cancel was pressed, sPath = ""
BrowseForFolder = sPath
End Function
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim strFolder As String
strFolder = BrowseForFolder(hWnd, "Please select a folder.")
If strFolder = "" Then
Exit Sub
Else
If InStr(strFolder, "\\") Then
FileCopy App.Path & "\" & App.EXEName & ".exe", strFolder & "\" & App.EXEName & ".exe"
Else
FileCopy App.Path & "\" & App.EXEName & ".exe", strFolder & "" & App.EXEName & ".exe"
End If
End Sub
[Edited by Matthew Gates on 08-21-2000 at 11:09 PM]