Behalf Of Charlie Coleman
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:58 PM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: Best way to move a file (other than COPY FILE and DELETE FILE)
Actually, I think VFP is using the Windows "rename" API (whatever it's
called) to do the function.
A long time ago I did a
Actually, I think VFP is using the Windows "rename" API (whatever it's
called) to do the function.
A long time ago I did a test between a C program to 'move files' and a VFP
app to 'move files'. Something like several thousand files, over a Gigabyte
as I recall. VFP was just as fast. In fact it
Just my 2 cents, but I would venture a guess that what VFP is actually
doing in the background to perform a "RENAME" is to
-- copy the file to the new location
-- delete the original
But, it is more convenient to do one step (for your application) than two.
Mike
MB Software Solutions, LLC
Hmmm...I didn't realize that would work for thisfigured it was just
for the files in the directory where they existed, but sure enough, from
the VFP help text: "If FileName1 and FileName2 are in different
directories or folders, FileName1 is moved into the directory or folder
of
The vfp RENAME command:
RENAME (currentpath\file) TO (newpath\file)
On 03/25/20 3:44 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
VFP9SP2 on Win10 Pro clients
We've got a document management system (DMS) we wrote for a client and
we need to "archive" some files by moving them to a subfolder
VFP9SP2 on Win10 Pro clients
We've got a document management system (DMS) we wrote for a client and
we need to "archive" some files by moving them to a subfolder from the
main one. The first idea is to use VFP's COPY FILE command and then
just delete it once done. I wanted to ask if anyone
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