> I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
> only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
> Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
> had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> directory using VB.
>
> I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
> way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
> MSDN.
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott Moore

>I found my error, it is for 2.0. I need to upgrade to 2.0 to get it to
> work.
>
> samoore33 wrote:
>> I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
>> only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
>> Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
>> had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
>> directory using VB.
>>
>> I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
>> way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
>> MSDN.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Scott Moore
>

> Or use just System.IO.Directory... Some of the 2.0 My features are just
> wrappers around the .NET framework classes available elsewhere...
>
> --
> Patrice
>
> "samoore33" <samoor***@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
> 1159193714.223834.153***@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> >I found my error, it is for 2.0. I need to upgrade to 2.0 to get it to
> > work.
> >
> > samoore33 wrote:
> >> I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
> >> only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
> >> Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
> >> had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> >> directory using VB.
> >>
> >> I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
> >> way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
> >> MSDN.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Scott Moore
> >

> I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
> only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
> Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
> had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> directory using VB.
>
> I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
> way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
> MSDN.
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott Moore

> Scott,
>
> You  may or may not like this method, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
>
> You could use xcopy in a .bat file to copy the directory from one
> location to another. Using different switches for xcopy you can include
> hidden files, subdirectories, ignore errors, automatically create
> subdirectories, turn message prompts off and a bunch of other options.
> Here is a complete list of switch options for xcopy:
>
> http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm
>
> You could call this .bat file using
> System.Diagnostics.Process.Start([Path To .bat File])
> I think you should be able to hide the command window from showing up.
>
> By starting a new process you would be able to tell when the process
> finishes. Additionally you could modify the .bat file in the future so
> code changes would not be necessary.
>
> Just a thought,
> Izzy
>
> samoore33 wrote:
> > I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
> > only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
> > Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
> > had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> > directory using VB.
> >
> > I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
> > way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
> > MSDN.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Scott Moore

> Scott,
>
> You  may or may not like this method, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
>
> You could use xcopy in a .bat file to copy the directory from one
> location to another. Using different switches for xcopy you can include
> hidden files, subdirectories, ignore errors, automatically create
> subdirectories, turn message prompts off and a bunch of other options.
> Here is a complete list of switch options for xcopy:
>
> http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm
>
> You could call this .bat file using
> System.Diagnostics.Process.Start([Path To .bat File])
> I think you should be able to hide the command window from showing up.
>
> By starting a new process you would be able to tell when the process
> finishes. Additionally you could modify the .bat file in the future so
> code changes would not be necessary.
>
> Just a thought,
> Izzy
>
> samoore33 wrote:
> > I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
> > only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
> > Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
> > had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> > directory using VB.
> >
> > I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
> > way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
> > MSDN.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Scott Moore

"samoore33" <samoor***@gmail.com> wrote in
news:1159204857.783458.99180@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> I am trying to use the XCOPY command in a batch file. This is what I
> am trying to do.
>
> @echo off
>
> XCOPY C:\Pictures C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> Documents\Pictures
>
> Pause
>
> When I run this I get Invalid number of parameters?
>
> Not sure what I am doing wrong here, please advise.
>
> Scott
>
> Izzy wrote:
>> Scott,
>>
>> You  may or may not like this method, but I thought I'd post it
>> anyway.
>>
>> You could use xcopy in a .bat file to copy the directory from one
>> location to another. Using different switches for xcopy you can
>> include hidden files, subdirectories, ignore errors, automatically
>> create subdirectories, turn message prompts off and a bunch of other
>> options. Here is a complete list of switch options for xcopy:
>>
>> http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm
>>
>> You could call this .bat file using
>> System.Diagnostics.Process.Start([Path To .bat File])
>> I think you should be able to hide the command window from showing
>> up.
>>
>> By starting a new process you would be able to tell when the process
>> finishes. Additionally you could modify the .bat file in the future
>> so code changes would not be necessary.
>>
>> Just a thought,
>> Izzy
>>
>> samoore33 wrote:
>> > I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
>> > only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
>> > Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else
>> > has had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
>> > directory using VB.
>> >
>> > I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with
>> > finding a way to copy a directory other then this information I am
>> > finding on MSDN.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Scott Moore
>

> I am trying to use the XCOPY command in a batch file. This is what I am
> trying to do.
>
> @echo off
>
> XCOPY C:\Pictures C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> Documents\Pictures
>
> Pause
>
> When I run this I get Invalid number of parameters?
>
> Not sure what I am doing wrong here, please advise.
>
> Scott
>
> Izzy wrote:
> > Scott,
> >
> > You  may or may not like this method, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
> >
> > You could use xcopy in a .bat file to copy the directory from one
> > location to another. Using different switches for xcopy you can include
> > hidden files, subdirectories, ignore errors, automatically create
> > subdirectories, turn message prompts off and a bunch of other options.
> > Here is a complete list of switch options for xcopy:
> >
> > http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm
> >
> > You could call this .bat file using
> > System.Diagnostics.Process.Start([Path To .bat File])
> > I think you should be able to hide the command window from showing up.
> >
> > By starting a new process you would be able to tell when the process
> > finishes. Additionally you could modify the .bat file in the future so
> > code changes would not be necessary.
> >
> > Just a thought,
> > Izzy
> >
> > samoore33 wrote:
> > > I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
> > > only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
> > > Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
> > > had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> > > directory using VB.
> > >
> > > I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
> > > way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
> > > MSDN.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Scott Moore

> Try this:
>
> XCOPY C:\Pictures "C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> Documents\Pictures" /e /c /i /h /k
>
> This issus is you didn't enclose the path with spaces in quatation
> marks. Look at the link I sent too see what the switches mean.
>
> Izzy
>
>
> samoore33 wrote:
> > I am trying to use the XCOPY command in a batch file. This is what I am
> > trying to do.
> >
> > @echo off
> >
> > XCOPY C:\Pictures C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> > Documents\Pictures
> >
> > Pause
> >
> > When I run this I get Invalid number of parameters?
> >
> > Not sure what I am doing wrong here, please advise.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > Izzy wrote:
> > > Scott,
> > >
> > > You  may or may not like this method, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
> > >
> > > You could use xcopy in a .bat file to copy the directory from one
> > > location to another. Using different switches for xcopy you can include
> > > hidden files, subdirectories, ignore errors, automatically create
> > > subdirectories, turn message prompts off and a bunch of other options.
> > > Here is a complete list of switch options for xcopy:
> > >
> > > http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm
> > >
> > > You could call this .bat file using
> > > System.Diagnostics.Process.Start([Path To .bat File])
> > > I think you should be able to hide the command window from showing up.
> > >
> > > By starting a new process you would be able to tell when the process
> > > finishes. Additionally you could modify the .bat file in the future so
> > > code changes would not be necessary.
> > >
> > > Just a thought,
> > > Izzy
> > >
> > > samoore33 wrote:
> > > > I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
> > > > only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
> > > > Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
> > > > had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> > > > directory using VB.
> > > >
> > > > I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
> > > > way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
> > > > MSDN.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Scott Moore

"samoore33" wrote:

> Thanks a lot Izzy, it is working now.
>
> Izzy wrote:
> > Try this:
> >
> > XCOPY C:\Pictures "C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> > Documents\Pictures" /e /c /i /h /k
> >
> > This issus is you didn't enclose the path with spaces in quatation
> > marks. Look at the link I sent too see what the switches mean.
> >
> > Izzy
> >
> >
> > samoore33 wrote:
> > > I am trying to use the XCOPY command in a batch file. This is what I am
> > > trying to do.
> > >
> > > @echo off
> > >
> > > XCOPY C:\Pictures C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> > > Documents\Pictures
> > >
> > > Pause
> > >
> > > When I run this I get Invalid number of parameters?
> > >
> > > Not sure what I am doing wrong here, please advise.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > Izzy wrote:
> > > > Scott,
> > > >
> > > > You  may or may not like this method, but I thought I'd post it anyway.
> > > >
> > > > You could use xcopy in a .bat file to copy the directory from one
> > > > location to another. Using different switches for xcopy you can include
> > > > hidden files, subdirectories, ignore errors, automatically create
> > > > subdirectories, turn message prompts off and a bunch of other options.
> > > > Here is a complete list of switch options for xcopy:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm
> > > >
> > > > You could call this .bat file using
> > > > System.Diagnostics.Process.Start([Path To .bat File])
> > > > I think you should be able to hide the command window from showing up.
> > > >
> > > > By starting a new process you would be able to tell when the process
> > > > finishes. Additionally you could modify the .bat file in the future so
> > > > code changes would not be necessary.
> > > >
> > > > Just a thought,
> > > > Izzy
> > > >
> > > > samoore33 wrote:
> > > > > I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN. The
> > > > > only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the namespace
> > > > > Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone else has
> > > > > had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> > > > > directory using VB.
> > > > >
> > > > > I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with finding a
> > > > > way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding on
> > > > > MSDN.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Scott Moore
>
>

"Dennis" <Den***@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:D4679DD8-C054-4696-9BF7-6BF64C4E906F@microsoft.com...
> Why can't you write a simple routine to copy all the files in your source
> directory to your new directory using the copy method of the file class.
> --
> Dennis in Houston
>
>
> "samoore33" wrote:
>
> > Thanks a lot Izzy, it is working now.
> >
> > Izzy wrote:
> > > Try this:
> > >
> > > XCOPY C:\Pictures "C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> > > Documents\Pictures" /e /c /i /h /k
> > >
> > > This issus is you didn't enclose the path with spaces in quatation
> > > marks. Look at the link I sent too see what the switches mean.
> > >
> > > Izzy
> > >
> > >
> > > samoore33 wrote:
> > > > I am trying to use the XCOPY command in a batch file. This is what I
am
> > > > trying to do.
> > > >
> > > > @echo off
> > > >
> > > > XCOPY C:\Pictures C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> > > > Documents\Pictures
> > > >
> > > > Pause
> > > >
> > > > When I run this I get Invalid number of parameters?
> > > >
> > > > Not sure what I am doing wrong here, please advise.
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > > >
> > > > Izzy wrote:
> > > > > Scott,
> > > > >
> > > > > You  may or may not like this method, but I thought I'd post it
anyway.
> > > > >
> > > > > You could use xcopy in a .bat file to copy the directory from one
> > > > > location to another. Using different switches for xcopy you can
include
> > > > > hidden files, subdirectories, ignore errors, automatically create
> > > > > subdirectories, turn message prompts off and a bunch of other
options.
> > > > > Here is a complete list of switch options for xcopy:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm
> > > > >
> > > > > You could call this .bat file using
> > > > > System.Diagnostics.Process.Start([Path To .bat File])
> > > > > I think you should be able to hide the command window from showing
up.
> > > > >
> > > > > By starting a new process you would be able to tell when the
process
> > > > > finishes. Additionally you could modify the .bat file in the
future so
> > > > > code changes would not be necessary.
> > > > >
> > > > > Just a thought,
> > > > > Izzy
> > > > >
> > > > > samoore33 wrote:
> > > > > > I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN.
The
> > > > > > only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the
namespace
> > > > > > Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone
else has
> > > > > > had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> > > > > > directory using VB.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with
finding a
> > > > > > way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding
on
> > > > > > MSDN.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Scott Moore
> >
> >

> I was thinking the same thing, why not just write a recursive function to do
> it for you. It isn't difficult.
>
> Hope this helps
> Greetz, Peter
>
> See sample code below.
>
> Private Sub DirectoryCopy(ByVal src As String, ByVal dest As String)
>
>         If Not Directory.Exists(dest) Then
>             Directory.CreateDirectory(dest)
>         End If
>
>         If Directory.Exists(src) And Directory.Exists(dest) Then
>
>             Dim di As New DirectoryInfo(src)
>             Dim fsi As FileSystemInfo
>
>             For Each fsi In di.GetFileSystemInfos()
>                 Try
>                     Dim destName As String = Path.Combine(dest, fsi.Name)
>                     If TypeOf fsi Is FileInfo Then
>                         If fsi.Attributes = FileAttributes.ReadOnly Then
>                             fsi.Attributes = FileAttributes.Normal
>                         End If
>                         File.Copy(fsi.FullName, destName, True)
>                     Else
>                         Directory.CreateDirectory(destName)
>                         DirectoryCopy(fsi.FullName, destName)
>                     End If
>                 Catch ex As Exception
>                     MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString, "Error",
> MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
>                 End Try
>             Next
>
>         Else
>             MessageBox.Show("Source or target doesn't exist.", "Error",
> MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
>         End If
>     End Sub
>
> --
> Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
> bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
> bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. (Rich Cook)
>
> "Dennis" <Den***@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> news:D4679DD8-C054-4696-9BF7-6BF64C4E906F@microsoft.com...
> > Why can't you write a simple routine to copy all the files in your source
> > directory to your new directory using the copy method of the file class.
> > --
> > Dennis in Houston
> >
> >
> > "samoore33" wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks a lot Izzy, it is working now.
> > >
> > > Izzy wrote:
> > > > Try this:
> > > >
> > > > XCOPY C:\Pictures "C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> > > > Documents\Pictures" /e /c /i /h /k
> > > >
> > > > This issus is you didn't enclose the path with spaces in quatation
> > > > marks. Look at the link I sent too see what the switches mean.
> > > >
> > > > Izzy
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > samoore33 wrote:
> > > > > I am trying to use the XCOPY command in a batch file. This is what I
> am
> > > > > trying to do.
> > > > >
> > > > > @echo off
> > > > >
> > > > > XCOPY C:\Pictures C:\Documents and Settings\smoore\My
> > > > > Documents\Pictures
> > > > >
> > > > > Pause
> > > > >
> > > > > When I run this I get Invalid number of parameters?
> > > > >
> > > > > Not sure what I am doing wrong here, please advise.
> > > > >
> > > > > Scott
> > > > >
> > > > > Izzy wrote:
> > > > > > Scott,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You  may or may not like this method, but I thought I'd post it
> anyway.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You could use xcopy in a .bat file to copy the directory from one
> > > > > > location to another. Using different switches for xcopy you can
> include
> > > > > > hidden files, subdirectories, ignore errors, automatically create
> > > > > > subdirectories, turn message prompts off and a bunch of other
> options.
> > > > > > Here is a complete list of switch options for xcopy:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://www.computerhope.com/xcopyhlp.htm
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You could call this .bat file using
> > > > > > System.Diagnostics.Process.Start([Path To .bat File])
> > > > > > I think you should be able to hide the command window from showing
> up.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > By starting a new process you would be able to tell when the
> process
> > > > > > finishes. Additionally you could modify the .bat file in the
> future so
> > > > > > code changes would not be necessary.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just a thought,
> > > > > > Izzy
> > > > > >
> > > > > > samoore33 wrote:
> > > > > > > I found a real nice article on how to copy a directory on MSDN.
> The
> > > > > > > only problem is that I can not figure out how to get the
> namespace
> > > > > > > Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices. I wanted to know if anyone
> else has
> > > > > > > had experience with this, or knows of a different way to copy a
> > > > > > > directory using VB.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I found ways to copy files, but not having a lot of luck with
> finding a
> > > > > > > way to copy a directory other then this information I am finding
> on
> > > > > > > MSDN.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Scott Moore
> > >
> > >