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do CopyFile() DeletFile() function throw exception?

May 16th, 2009

I use in my code (c++) CopyFile and DeleteFIle do these fumctions throw exceptions? do I need to surround them with try and catch?

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Re: do CopyFile() DeletFile() function throw exception?

May 16th, 2009

I guess the best way to know is to test it!

Put a try block to catch all and enter an invalid file. See what happens?

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Re: do CopyFile() DeletFile() function throw exception?

May 16th, 2009

You could use the File::Exists to first check if that file exists and then it will not through an exception.

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String^ FileOne = "C:\\File1.txt";
String^ FileTwo = "C:\\File2.txt";
 
if( File::Exists(FileOne) 
{
	File::Copy(FileOne, FileTwo);
}
String^ FileOne = "C:\\File1.txt";
String^ FileTwo = "C:\\File2.txt";

if( File::Exists(FileOne) 
{
	File::Copy(FileOne, FileTwo);
}

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String^ FileOne = "C:\\File1.txt";
String^ FileTwo = "C:\\File2.txt";
 
if( File::Exists(FileOne) 
{
	try
	{
		File::Copy(FileOne, FileTwo);
	}
	catch(Exception^ Ex )
	{
		MessageBox::Show("Something is wrong");
	}
}
String^ FileOne = "C:\\File1.txt";
String^ FileTwo = "C:\\File2.txt";

if( File::Exists(FileOne) 
{
	try
	{
		File::Copy(FileOne, FileTwo);
	}
	catch(Exception^ Ex )
	{
		MessageBox::Show("Something is wrong");
	}
}