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- Error handling
- Creating directories during the copy
fCopyFile (Function) In french: fCopieFichier Copies one or more files (regardless of their attributes).
Syntax
Copying a file or a directory Hide the details
<Result> = fCopyFile(<Source file> , <Destination file or directory> [, <Copy indicator>])
<Result>: Boolean - True if the files have been copied,
- False otherwise. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.
<Source file>: Character string File to copy (up to 260 characters). This parameter can correspond to: - a file name. This file will be automatically searched in the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir).
- a file name with its full or relative path. A UNC path can be used.
Special cases according to the platforms:   This parameter can correspond to a full path or a path relative to the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir). This parameter is case-sensitive.
Reminder: In Android, the file system is read-only on the device and on the emulator. An application can only write to its installation directory or one of its subdirectories, as well as to the external memory (SDCard).    This parameter can correspond to a full path or a path relative to the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir). This parameter is case-sensitive.
Reminder Under iPhone/iPad, on both the device and the emulator, the file system is read-only. An application can only write to its installation directory or one of its subdirectories.
Wildcard characters management (*,?): By default, wildcard characters are allowed in the file name.. Special case according to the platform: <Destination file or directory>: Character string Destination file and/or directory (up to 260 characters). This parameter can correspond to:- a file name. This file will be automatically created in the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir).
- a file name with its full or relative path. A UNC path can be used.
- a full or relative path, only for a copy with wildcard characters.
If this parameter corresponds to a directory name, this name may (or may not) end with "\".Special cases according to the platforms: - This parameter can correspond to a full path or a path relative to the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir). This parameter is case-sensitive.
Reminder: In Android, the file system is read-only on the device and on the emulator. An application can only write to its installation directory or one of its subdirectories, as well as to the external memory (SDCard). - This parameter can correspond to a full path or a path relative to the current directory (returned by fCurrentDir). This parameter is case-sensitive.
Reminder Under iPhone/iPad, on both the device and the emulator, the file system is read-only. An application can only write to its installation directory or one of its subdirectories.
<Copy indicator>: Optional constant Type of copy: | | | frConfirm | Copy a file and ask for confirmation before overwriting a file with the same name. | | frProgress | A progress window is displayed. If the file is small (a few bytes), the progress bar is not displayed. | | frRecursive | Recursive copy of the files. The subdirectories and their files are taken into account. |
<Copy indicator> is empty by default. None of these options is selected. Remarks Error handling fCopyFile throws an error in the following cases: - the file to copy does not exist,
- the file to copy is locked,
- is invalid,
- <Path of copied file> is an empty string,
- <Path of file to copy> and <Path of copied file> are identical.
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