by El Mariachi (5 Submissions)
Category: Files/File Controls/Input/Output
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(7 Votes)
With this code you can copy all files within a directory with a particular extension to another directory. Actually it will give you a progressive listing of a file with a wildcard and then you can do whatever you want with the file. Extremely simple and straightforward. I dont understand why the other codes are so huge. If you find an error or if you would like to comment please leave a messge.
Inputs
Create a button on your form and call it Command1. Then create a folder "c:\tempo" and cretae a bunch of files in it with , say, a .doc extension or whatever you want. Then create another folder "c:\tempx" and dont put anything in there.
VBcodersPrivate Sub Command1_Click()
Dim fName As String
fName = Dir("c:\tempo\*.doc") ' Retrieve the first entry.
Do While fName <> "" ' Start the loop.
If GetAttr("c:\tempo\" & fName) <> vbDirectory Then 'only files
FileCopy "c:\tempo\" & fname, "c:\tempx\" & fName 'copies the file
'Kill "c:\tempo\" & fname 'deletes the original - optional
End If
fName = Dir ' Get next entry.
Loop
End Sub
