Re: CopyFile inexplicably fails to work

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From: intermedia International Inc
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 17:41

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Thank you Peter!
I will look into it right away!

Jean-Rene

"Peter Below (TeamB)" wrote:

> In article <401142A3.21F96215@intermediainternational.com>, Intermedia
> International Inc wrote:
> > Any suggestions about the problem or an avenue for testing/debugging?
>
> You are not closing the find handle you get from FindFirstFile. Use
> Windows.FindClose for that. You are not freeing the memory for the message
> buffer FormatMessage returns to you.
>
> You are making your life unduely difficult by using API routines where there
> are equivalent Delphi routines (FindFirst, SysErrorMessage).
>
> You may want to look at the ShFileOperation API function for the copy
> operation. It allows you to copy several files in a single call, to use
> wildcards, and to (optionally) show a progress dialog.
>
> --
> Peter Below (TeamB)
> Use the newsgroup archives :
> http://www.mers.com/searchsite.html
> http://www.tamaracka.com/search.htm
> http://groups.google.com
> http://www.prolix.be

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