The SHFileOperation copies, deletes and moves a file or multiple files. It requires a single parameter that points to a SHFILEOPSTRUCT structure. The structure has to be populated before calling the function.
Most of the SHFILEOPSTRUCT members are easy to populate except may be pFrom and pTo since they are pointers to strings with no direct support in VFP for this kind of objects. Class PChar inside the code handles string pointers. It allocates and releases memory blocks and moves data between VFP strings and an address in memory.
A variety of flags the fFlags member can take provides great flexibility. For example, in a single SHFileOperation call a group of files can be copied not to just one but to several destinations. The process is accompanied with familiar OS dialogs showing the progress or sending a reminder when existing file is about to be replaced.
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The Shell is as usual brief and efficient. The following code copies all files from the source folder to the target folder. Test with care:
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