>>If I may ask you to help me understand something, please.
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>>Your line of code:
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>>STRTOFILE(FILETOSTR(m.SourceFile), m.DestinationFile, 0)
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>>The SourceFile that is dropped on the form is a PDF file, which if I understand correctly, a binary file. Does it means that FILETOSTR() will get the file into a string even if it is a binary file? (I thought that FILETOSTR() only works on Text files).
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>FILETOSTR() and STRTOFILE() do not interfere with the file contents (although you can ask SRTTOFILE() to add a Byte-Order-Mark for UNICODE files, it requires that the string contents be already properly encoded). So, it's safe to use them to manipulate binary information.
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>The reason I use the pair of functions instead of a single COPY command is to preserve the case of the filenames.
Thank you for clarifying. And it is nice to know that COPY would work too. So, when I add this feature to my program, I will probably let the user decide if he/she wants to copy the file as is (without changing the name); or copy it with a new name.
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