Simple question

[Raptor_989]

Could you please tell me how to do the following:
Copy and Execute a program from vb code? for example:

I want user to click test.exe, then i want test.exe to make a copy of itself and put it in c:\program files\testfolder. Thanks.

Also, how do you move, copy, paste and delete files? Not just exes, i mean jpg, txt whatever. Thanks

[jjortiz]

You can make a refrence to the microsoft runtime library and then do the following
It's a little messy.

Dim objFSO As New FileSystemObject
   Dim objFolder As Folder
   Dim sDestination As String
   Dim sSource As String
   
   sDestination = "C:\program Files\testfolder\"
   sSource = App.Path
   Set objFSO = New FileSystemObject
    If Not objFSO.FolderExists(sDestination) Then
        objFSO.CreateFolder (sDestination)
    End If
   
    objFSO.CopyFolder sSource, sDestination, True

[eiSecure]

Again, jjortiz, there's an easier way. (remembers last time...)

FileCopy [i][Source][/i], [i][Destination][/i]

[jjortiz]

I know. Bad habits die hard. What can i say. Now remind me, but does Filecopy support UNC paths?

[eiSecure]

Never tried.

Maybe you can test it out.

[Mindcrime]

Originally posted by jjortiz
Now remind me, but does Filecopy support UNC paths?

Yes!

[nishantp]

Originally posted by jjortiz
I know. Bad habits die hard. What can i say. Now remind me, but does Filecopy support UNC paths?

I know im dumb, but whats a UNC path? A path with wildcards?

[filburt1]

A network path, like

\\yourcomputer\yourshare\subdirectory\file.doc

[nishantp]

Ohok, thanks Arien.

[jjortiz]

It's a network path uniform network something i assume. I forgot what resolves the addresses on an NT network. I think its wins if i am not wrong.