i am try ing to copy a file from one location to another useing an openfile dialog but it dosn't seem to work. The code i am using is below
FileCopy(OpenFileDialog1.FileName, "C: emp rial.tar")
I am having btnUpload and btnTransfer. On btnUpload I open a openFileDialogue select any type of file and at transfer i want to transfer it to another location suppose D:TransferTest.But its giving this error Could not find a part of the path 'D:TransferTest'.
The code is as below :
Dim filename As String
Dim ofd As OpenFileDialog
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What I am trying to figure out is a way to copy a file and paste it in another location. So that there will be the original file in the user set location, and then a duplicate of that file in, say, the "Program Files" folder. I would also need some way to check if the file exists to, so that it doesn't keep creating a new file each time the program starts up.
to sum it up: I need to be able to copy a file to a predetermined location and check if the file exists, and if it doesn't, it will copy the file over to the location.
How can I search the local disk for a file type and copy the full path to a new location. I am trying to write a backup program that will copy all pst files to the server while maitaining the structure, so if there is a pst located in "C:pstuserpersonal1.pst" it would create the folder "\serverpstuserpersonal1.pst" and copy the file to the correct location. I would need it to do this for each pst on the hard drive no matter the location. The user running the program will not have admin rights, so it will need to skip files it cannot access.
View 13 RepliesI'm trying to copy a picture from one location and paste it into another location however VB throws out the following error
Exception from HRESULT: 0x800A0046 (CTL_E_PERMISSIONDENIED)
both locations are on my local computer. So not sure what is causing the problem.
Here's the code
Module CPASU_SPC
Sub Main()
Console.Title = "MOARW Programs"
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How to copy folder with its content from location to another location defined by FolderBrowserDialog
View 7 Repliesi am trying to copy a dll from one location to another. i have a combobox from which i select a option then i want the program to copy my dll to another location acoording to the option i have selected. But Vb doesn't seem to copy it.it stays the same. for experiment i tried to copy a image. it worked perfectly.
does that mean i can't copy it.
I have a button I use to copy a folder from one location to another.
The code looks like this:
Private Sub Button8_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button8.Click
Const FOLDER_FROM As String = "C:Testcopy1" ' Folder to copy from
Const FOLDER_TO As String = "C:Mappestruktur" 'Folder to create above folder in
Dim newDir As DirectoryInfo = Directory.CreateDirectory(FOLDER_TO & "" & New DirectoryInfo(FOLDER_FROM).Name)
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Now I have a folder in my project I would like to copy to an optional location. How do I set the "Folder from" const to a location inside my project and how can I set an optional location to copy the folder to at runtime?
Try to understand:
1. User Downloads Application
2. User copies files to either desktop or my documents (lets say desktop)
3. User Opens application
4. User clicks the copy button (which is then supported by the COPY code)
The problem is that the copy code supports a Location such as; FileCopy C:UsersAdminFile.txt, E:File.txt
When the user copies the Files to desktop (lets say DIM), they have a different username so if they click Copy the copy code was set for C:UsersAdmin not DIM. I would like the code to be general so whoever copies the files wherever (Desktop, C:, Documents) and they click the copy button, the file is then copied to the Disignated Location.
I've been working on some code to rename files and have being doing so by copying them to the same location under a different name and then removing the original. When I do this for files I use the code ...
Dim file As New System.IO.FileInfo(lstFiles.SelectedItem.ToString)
Dim strNewFile As String
Dim strRename As String
Dim strMask As String = ""
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This will obviously not work as it will try to copy the folder into itself which is not allowed.
I saw a post from 3 years ago (copy folder content to other location) that looked like the "state of the art" way to copy a folder was to just copy all the files recursively. Has vb.net 2008 introduced a function to do this? I still dont see a System.IO.Directory.Copy...
View 4 RepliesI have managed to list folders in my listbox1 and the add them to listbox 2.Now, what i need now is to be able to copy the list of folder in listbox2 to another location.below is the code i am using.Browse drive and and fill listbox1 with the folders on that drive.Path.text hold the path to where the folders.
If FolderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
Path.Text = FolderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath
Dim Dirs As New List(Of String)[code]....
how to copy the foldera nd files in the folder that are listed in listbox2 to another location.
I need to create a program which allow me to copy xx to another location. The hard part was it need to be start and running all the time (when start up Window) and only trigger to copy when certain condition was meet, - when the program detected certain string in the xx, like "end file"only it will trigger the copying and renaming process.
View 1 Repliesi am working on an application that would copy files from one location to another that is thru network, i already tried using File.IO and Webservice but still copying huge/large amount of files is veryslow. also, my boss asked me to save base64 strings to database and connect to the database and regenerate the file, but when i tried saving a total of 100Mb Files, when im querying it in the database it still takes atleast 10-15min just to query it..
View 3 RepliesDoes anyone know how to copy a control (button, panel etc...) and place the control with the same click event on another part of a form while keeping the original in the same location? I have a custom user control that I created that has special features on click. If I have the control on the left side and want to drag it over to the right side I want the control duplicated, as this control can be duplicated unlimited times, and still have the same click event.
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I'm developing an application which relies on several files to be copied over to a specific location on the users hard drive ("C: est") when they run the program for the first time, and am having a hard time wrapping my head around how to account for the fact that the original location may be in a different location for each user.
Any ideas for either getting the path where the files would be and then copying them to the desired destination?
I have got the following code to copy all the subfolder & files from one location to another.
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to access the code. However i want it to run asynchronously and the progress of the copy to be displayed on a progress bar however i have no clue how to do this.
I am trying to copy a directory with sub directories and files to another location on my computer. Whenever I try, I get the following error, through my "console":
$>Error: System.IO.IOException: The directory is not empty.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.Directory.DeleteHelper(String fullPath, String userPath, Boolean recursive)
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I am trying to copy an entire folder and all of its contents that is in the same location as my program that is running to a user selected location. I started off by using a SaveFileDialog, but now I am working with a FolderBrowserDialog. Here is some code:
Private Sub BackupButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BackupButton.Click
Dim sourcePath As String
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But when I run the program, it works, but it does not copy the entire folder in the application startup location.. how I can copy that folder that is in the same location as my program to a user selected location?
I am trying to copy a byte array into a Class that is in a third party library
Dim usr As New RSI_USER_RECORD Dim ba(RSI_USER_RECORD.RSI_LEN_USER_REC - 1) As Byte 'populate ba here usr = ba 'how can I do this? Is this even possible?
Here is the definition of the class (from Reflector)
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I'm using System.Management.ManagementScope to connect to a remote computer and install an MSI package. This works great if the MSI is located on the remote computer, but it fails if I try to use a network location to run the MSI from. The UNC path is correct because if I manually type it from the remote computer it runs fine. There must be a limitation (security I'm thinking) that prevents things from running via WMI if the exe isn't local to the remote machine.My last hope will be to copy the MSI from the network location, store it locally on the remote computer, then run it - but I'd really rather not have to do that.
View 3 RepliesDoes anyone knows how to export/extract/copy (or whatever is the right word) a file wich is added to the soulution, on the startup of a program, like somekind of installation?
View 5 RepliesSo I have a string that I need to search through for certain strings. If they exist, then copy that string to a text box. There has to be an easier way to do this then what I have below
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I have a program that uses IO.File.Copy to copy files from point a to point b. Its slow, which is fine because there rather large files. I was wondering if there is way to get an estimate time to copy a particular file(s).
Example: File a will take 1 hour to copy, File B will take 30 minutes to copy. Estimate Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
I have a weird behavior when trying to copy a file with System.IO.File.Copy. The file never gets copied. More than that, the call doesn't generate an exeption!
I am using VB.NET, Framework 3.5. I'm trying to copy in C:Temp and I do have the privileges. Or at least I used to...
on my program i have an activation in it and in order to activate the program you need to enter a code that is stored in the settings. so i was looking through my computer and i found the programs config file. and so I opened it and i found all of the codes for the activation. I need to find out how to make the file so the user doesn't have access to it and then how to move it to a more hidden place in the C: drive.
View 3 Repliesi just want to ask how can i save the file location or directory of a file in mysql without deleting its slashes...i tried to save it directly.. for example: the original directory is c:folderimg.jpg and when i checked it on mysql it is save as c:folderimg.jpg
View 5 RepliesI'm looking for a way to specify the location for the User.config file that is used for storing the My.Settings object. It appears that this is not possible. The problem for me is, I don't want to be responsible for creating several different files on the users computer that really have no use and are difficult to find and clean once an update is released. For most users, this is not a serious problem, as many will probably never update the software, and most will probably only go through a couple of updates. On my system, there are config files for every build of the application, and the same to a lesser extent will be true for my beta testers.
I can understand that MS wants to make sure that no two applications will use the same location for storing application data, but a simple [UserData] [CompanyName][ApplicationName] for storing application data will probably suffice for 99.9999 percent of the legitimate applications in the world. Bogging a user's system down with erroneous files, no matter how small, is an unnecessary drain on system resources and a potential source of problems for the user. It's bad enough that most programs leave bits and pieces of themselves all over a user's system after De-installation - this to me seems only to exaggerate this problem.
Is the only way to get around this problem to write a whole new Settings Class? Is there a way to change the location of the UserConfig file to a more friendly (and more predictable) location that I am not finding for myself? It would seem that having at least the OPTION to specify a location for the User.Config file would be OBVIOUS and easy to implement, so why did they leave this out?
I need to get the extension part of a file path for example,
c:me.jpg
i need to return the ".jpg" to a string. Im sure this is easy enough, im guessing i need to get all the text after the last .
ok im tryin to run an embedded .exe in my app but i seem to be having a issue with my code can someone have a look
Private Sub ButtonX1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ButtonX1.Click
Dim size As Long = My.Resources.Myprogram.Length - 1
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my error is ' Read ' is not a member of 'system Array'. i have change the program name to Myprogram i have added myprogram.exe and then the 'exe' is not a member of 'system array'