VFP 8.0 and copying folders.

Is there a native foxpro command to copy a folder and its contents to a
different drive. I can only find examples that require WSH is installed on
the target machine. I have about 2000 files to copy from a CD to the users
harddrive. I need to do this from within the installation or from code.

I would include all these files, but InstallShield Express hangs up when I
try to drag the folder during creating a new project. I assume that there
are too many files. And since I do not have the full Install Shield
program, I cannot create a link to this folder.

Thanks, John.

Anders
Thu Oct 21 17:10:49 CDT 2004

COPY FILE G:\*.* TO C:\*.*
-Anders

"John G" <nospamhardware@earthlink.net1> wrote in message
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> Is there a native foxpro command to copy a folder and its contents to a
> different drive. I can only find examples that require WSH is installed
on
> the target machine. I have about 2000 files to copy from a CD to the
users
> harddrive. I need to do this from within the installation or from code.
>
> I would include all these files, but InstallShield Express hangs up when I
> try to drag the folder during creating a new project. I assume that there
> are too many files. And since I do not have the full Install Shield
> program, I cannot create a link to this folder.
>
> Thanks, John.
>
>

Eric
Fri Oct 22 03:20:05 CDT 2004

What about including a self extracting zip/rar in your setup and
automattically run it when setup is finished.
--
Eric den Doop
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"John G" <nospamhardware@earthlink.net1> wrote in message
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> Is there a native foxpro command to copy a folder and its contents to a
> different drive. I can only find examples that require WSH is installed
> on
> the target machine. I have about 2000 files to copy from a CD to the
> users
> harddrive. I need to do this from within the installation or from code.
>
> I would include all these files, but InstallShield Express hangs up when I
> try to drag the folder during creating a new project. I assume that there
> are too many files. And since I do not have the full Install Shield
> program, I cannot create a link to this folder.
>
> Thanks, John.
>
>

Bernhard
Fri Oct 22 05:34:54 CDT 2004

John G schrieb:
> Is there a native foxpro command to copy a folder and its contents to a
> different drive. I can only find examples that require WSH is installed on
> the target machine. I have about 2000 files to copy from a CD to the users
> harddrive. I need to do this from within the installation or from code.

RUN /N2 xcopy ... /s /y /i
xcopy should be available on every windows machine, but switches vary from
different windows versions.

Regards
Bernhard Sander