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FileInfo.CopyTo

In VB I use FileInfo.CopyTo and get an error when the destination file
already exists. What do I use to copy to a destination and write over the
existing file?

Thanks,
Jon
Apr 25 '07 #1
2 2098
Hello Jon,

Set the TRUE in the second params of FileInfo.CopyTo
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...82(VS.71).aspx

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JJIn VB I use FileInfo.CopyTo and get an error when the destination
JJfile already exists. What do I use to copy to a destination and
JJwrite over the existing file?
JJ>
JJThanks,
JJJon
Apr 25 '07 #2
Excellent! Thank you very much.

"Michael Nemtsev" wrote:
Hello Jon,

Set the TRUE in the second params of FileInfo.CopyTo
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...82(VS.71).aspx

---
WBR, Michael Nemtsev [.NET/C# MVP].
My blog: http://spaces.live.com/laflour
Team blog: http://devkids.blogspot.com/

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we
miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it" (c) Michelangelo

JJIn VB I use FileInfo.CopyTo and get an error when the destination
JJfile already exists. What do I use to copy to a destination and
JJwrite over the existing file?
JJ>
JJThanks,
JJJon
Apr 25 '07 #3

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