Copying a directory?

How could you use MMF2 to copy a directory and all the files inside to another location? I can't seem to find a way :S Could someone help?

The list box object has actions to copy the names of all the files in a directory to file. You could use this in conjunction with the File object to copy each file in turn, until you reach the end of the list box.

There's probably an example file on the old archived forum somewhere <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
This post is helpful:
http://www.clickteam.com/CTforum/showfla...amp;o=&amp;vc=1

Sarah

Thanks! But what about sub-directories, would they work?

You'd need to process each subdirectory separately in the same way.

i'll make an example on that later if you want

An alternative is to use command line batch file.

some shared computers (my school's for example) have disabled batch commands but batch is quite a good idea <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Until ALL extension will not be "translated" into MMF2, there will always be a lot of trouble to do simple things.

In MMF1.5 the Recursive file object does this with only one action.

Raytrace: That'd be awsome thx! <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Joewski: Err I havent got much experience there :P

Cybergraph: Yeah I read about that extension, that'd be awsome if someone could port it <img src="/center/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hmmm, it pretty much impossible to disable batch files or more correctly command line especially if exe are permitted.

Anyway

To learn start a command session by clicking on the run icon in XP and type "cmd".
That will give you a command line window.

next type "help" at the command line and you will get a list of commands.

if you type help|more that will scroll a page at a time, or you can use the scrollbars.

Anyway you need to look up xcopy /? for the commands.

Once you've figured out the command switches create the command line inside MMF and execute it.
In hidden mode if your like.


Here is a listing

Code:

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C:\Documents and Settings\private>xcopy /?
Copies files and directory trees.

XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W]
                          [/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U]
                          [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z]
                          [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]

  source      Specifies the file(s) to copy.
  destination  Specifies the location and/or name of new files.
  /A          Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
              doesn't change the attribute.
  /M          Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
              turns off the archive attribute.
  /D:m-d-y    Copies files changed on or after the specified date.
              If no date is given, copies only those files whose
              source time is newer than the destination time.
  /EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...
              Specifies a list of files containing strings.  Each string
              should be in a separate line in the files.  When any of the
              strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be
              copied, that file will be excluded from being copied.  For
              example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
              all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the
              .obj extension respectively.
  /P          Prompts you before creating each destination file.
  /S          Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.
  /E          Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
              Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.
  /V          Verifies each new file.
  /W          Prompts you to press a key before copying.
  /C          Continues copying even if errors occur.
  /I          If destination does not exist and copying more than one file,
              assumes that destination must be a directory.
  /Q          Does not display file names while copying.
  /F          Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
  /L          Displays files that would be copied.
  /G          Allows the copying of encrypted files to destination that does
              not support encryption.
  /H          Copies hidden and system files also.
  /R          Overwrites read-only files.
  /T          Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not
              include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes
              empty directories and subdirectories.
  /U          Copies only files that already exist in destination.
  /K          Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.
  /N          Copies using the generated short names.
  /O          Copies file ownership and ACL information.
  /X          Copies file audit settings (implies /O).
  /Y          Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
              existing destination file.
  /-Y          Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
              existing destination file.
  /Z          Copies networked files in restartable mode.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.

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so it would be in the form of

xcopy "c:\What I want to copy" "d:\where I want to copy to" /E /C /Q /G

You may need to play a little but its like that.

My suggestion is you create two edit boxes and construct your source and destination there.
You put them on screen while your debugging and then move them off screen once the app is right.

your expression evaluator would something like this. Forgive me if i've errored I'm doing this off the top of my head.

"xcopy"+ " " +edittext("source")+" "+ edittext("destination")+" /E /C /Q /G"

Anyway hope that is of some help to you.