Question

Visual Basic

Make a directory and copy some files from desktop to the created directory

Answer 1

QUESTION: Visual Basic - Make a directory and copy some files from desktop to the created directory

Sol:

To create a directory:

•   Use the CreateDirectory method of the (My.Computer.FileSystem) object to create directories.If the directory already exists, no exception is thrown.
•   Use the CreateDirectory method by specifying the full path of the location where the directory should be created. This example creates the directory NewDirectory in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents.

Example:

  My.Computer.FileSystem.CreateDirectory( "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\NewDirectory")

Copy files from desktop to created directories:

• To copy a text file to another folder - Use the CopyFile method to copy a file, specifying a source file and the target directory. The overwrite parameter allows you to specify whether or not to overwrite existing files.
• The My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile method allows you to copy files. Its parameters provide the ability to overwrite existing files, rename the file, show the progress of the operation, and allow the user to cancel the operation.A directory and all of the files therein may be copied to a new folder using the CopyDirectory() method

  The following code examples demonstrate how to use CopyFile:

Copy the file to a new location without overwriting existing file.
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(
"C:\UserFiles\TestFiles\testFile.txt",
"C:\UserFiles\TestFiles2\testFile.txt")

Copy the file to a new folder, overwriting existing file.
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(
"C:\UserFiles\TestFiles\testFile.txt",
"C:\UserFiles\TestFiles2\testFile.txt",
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption.AllDialogs,
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UICancelOption.DoNothing)

Copy the file to a new folder and rename it.
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(
"C:\UserFiles\TestFiles\testFile.txt",
"C:\UserFiles\TestFiles2\NewFile.txt",
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UIOption.AllDialogs,
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.UICancelOption.DoNothing)