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Using CopyFile() in win32 api

Jan 13th, 2007

I dont know how to use CopyFile() function in my "program"

Can you help me?

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#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
int main()
{
    CopyFile(`C:\\start.exe` `C:\\Program Files\\banana`);
    system("color 2");
  cout<<"POZDRAVLJEN UPORABNIK\n";
  cout<<"STRAN WWW.EX-PLANET.COM TE POZDRAVLJA!\n";
  system("start www.ex-planet.com");
  cout<<"UPAM, DA SE BOS REGSTRIRAL NA NJEJ!\n";
  cout<<"OBILO UZITKOV OB PREBIRANJU IN PISANJU FORUMA/NA FORUM!\n";
  cout<<"ZA VSE INFORMACIJE SMO DOSEGLJIVI NA: klemen101@hotmail.com\n";
  cout<<"ALI PA NA : rokerist1@hotmail.com\n";
  cout<<"MADE BY -ex-\n";
  cin.get();
}
#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    CopyFile(`C:\\start.exe` `C:\\Program Files\\banana`);
    system("color 2");
  cout<<"POZDRAVLJEN UPORABNIK\n";
  cout<<"STRAN WWW.EX-PLANET.COM TE POZDRAVLJA!\n";
  system("start www.ex-planet.com");
  cout<<"UPAM, DA SE BOS REGSTRIRAL NA NJEJ!\n";
  cout<<"OBILO UZITKOV OB PREBIRANJU IN PISANJU FORUMA/NA FORUM!\n";
  cout<<"ZA VSE INFORMACIJE SMO DOSEGLJIVI NA: klemen101@hotmail.com\n";
  cout<<"ALI PA NA : rokerist1@hotmail.com\n";
  cout<<"MADE BY -ex-\n";
  cin.get();
}

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Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api

Jan 13th, 2007

Here's the article on CopyFile in the MSDN library:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363851.aspx

Your code here has several problems:

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    CopyFile(`C:\\start.exe` `C:\\Program Files\\banana`);
    CopyFile(`C:\\start.exe` `C:\\Program Files\\banana`);

First of all, why are you using backticks? Use quotes instead. You *might* want to cast it to LPCTSTR, as that is the format that this function expects strings in.

Secondly, you fail to specify the final parameter, bFailIfExists. Quoting from the article,

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If this parameter is TRUE and the new file specified by lpNewFileName already exists, the function fails. If this parameter is FALSE and the new file already exists, the function overwrites the existing file and succeeds.

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Jan 14th, 2007

um...could you correct code

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     CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana");
     CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana");

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um...could you correct code
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     CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana");
CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana");

you can correct it yourself -- read the joe's post and MSDN. Pay attention to the third required parameter:!:

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Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api

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     CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe", "f");
     CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe", "f");

is this ok?

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     CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe", "f");
CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe", "f");
is this ok?

No. Did you read about that 3d parameter in the link Joe posted? If not, stop guessing and read it.

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     CopyFile(´C:\\start.exe´, ´C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe´, ´bFailIfExists´);

is this ok?

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Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api

Jan 14th, 2007

Dam it! No it is not ok.
The 3d parameter is either TRUE or FALSE, which is an integer not a string.

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bFailIfExists
[in] If this parameter is TRUEand the new file specified by lpNewFileName already exists, the function fails. If this parameter is FALSE and the new file already exists, the function overwrites the existing file and succeeds.

So don't you think you need to change the way the third parameter is being passed. It expects a boolean value not some other fancy stuff...

For an example look here.

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     CopyFile(´C:\\start.exe´, ´C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe´, FALSE);

What about this?

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