FileCopy in VB5

[rubicon]

I need to transfer an entire folder from a computer onto a thumbdrive. I have the routine set up so you can select the drive the thumbdrive is in and I am using the command below but I keep getting the error 'Path/File access error'. Any ideas what is happening?

DBPath$ = <Drive selected>
SourceFile = "c:\program files\geomanager\Photos"
DestinationFile = DBPath$&"Photos"
FileCopy SourceFile, DestinationFile

I even added a routine to check if the directory was present on the thumbdrive and if it was not then it is created with the command:

MkDir DBPath$&"\Photos"

Thanks for any help you can give me. I've been writing in VB5 for a long time but never attempted this procedure.

 

[Freestone]

Perhaps you need to add a backslash in your statement DestinationFile = DBPath$&"Photos" so it reads DestinationFile = DBPath$&"\Photos" ?

 

[dilettante]

As the manual says:

FileCopy Statement[\b]

Copies a file.

A folder is not a file.

Can it be this simple?

 

[dilettante]

Heh. Don't know my \ from my / tonight.

 

[Andrzejek]

To loop thru files in a folder, check Dir in your VB help (F1)

Have fun.

---- Andy