Re: Copy File

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From: Dorian Chalom (DChalom_at_Comcast.net)
Date: 01/22/05

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    Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:42:40 -0500

    Sorry so now you have me totally confused....

    What would be the correct most effiecent way for me to do this?

    cFile = "C:\EFILE\Proof of Claim.PDF"
    cFile2 = "C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\DORIAN\MY
    DOCUMENTS\DEVELOPMENT\EFILE\Wright, Dayna Elizabeth - 04-12295-jcs\Proof of
    Claim.PDF"

    COPY FILE cFile TO cFile2

    "Cindy Winegarden" <cindy_winegarden@msn.com> wrote in message
    news:%23VvmXILAFHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
    > Hi Dorian,
    >
    > No. You're mixing the two solutions.
    >
    > cFile1 and cFile2 are string variables that contain a path and file name -
    > something like "c:\My Documents\Visual FoxPro Projects\Test.dbf" and they
    > may or may not have spaces in the strings.
    >
    > For any VFP expression that represents a name such as the X and Y in COPY
    > FILE X TO Y you can replace the name with a "name expression" which is a
    > string variable that contains a name of some sort. For example it can be a
    > simple file name or a path and file name. The "name expression" is
    > represented in code with parentheses around the variable, so the result is
    > COPY FILE (cFile1) TO (cFile2) .
    >
    > Using square brackets as you have below would make the contents inside a
    > quoted string, since square brackets are an alternative to single and
    > double quotes in VFP. So, it would be like saying COPY FILE "(cFile1)" TO
    > "(cFile2)", denoting that the file names began and ended with parentheses
    > as Fred said.
    >
    > --
    > Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
    > cindy_winegarden@msn.com www.cindywinegarden.com
    >
    >
    > "Dorian Chalom" <DChalom@Comcast.net> wrote in message
    > news:OzqIGwBAFHA.204@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
    >> So the syntax of
    >> COPY FILE [(cFile)] TO [(cFile2)]
    >>
    >> would be correct?
    >
    >>>> "Dorian Chalom" <DChalom@Comcast.net> wrote in message
    >>>> news:e9fYpBAAFHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
    >>>>> COPY FILE [&cFile.] TO [&cFile2.]
    >
    >

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