>>>>>>>Set winShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
>>>>>>>winShell.NameSpace("c:\Destination folder\").CopyHere "L:\Source folder\MyFile.dbf"
>>>>>>>Set winShell = Nothing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is an excellent tip, Igor. But you should have also pointed out that this function also uses the Windows file copy animation when copying large enough files. For anyone interested, Here is a VFP translation of the code to copy a file:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>oShell = CREATEOBJECT("Shell.Application")
>>>>>>oShell.NameSpace("c:\").CopyHere("c:\\somefolder\somefile.dbf")
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi Eric,
>>>>>
>>>>>Moreover, this function asks to confirm overwriting files too.
>>>>>
>>>>>Igor
>>>>I am trying to createobject and I have "Class not registered". Can you tell me what is wrong?
>>>
>>>Shell.Application requires that you have SHELL32.DLL version 4.71 or later on the target system. This rules out systems with WIn95 pre OSR2 that don't have IE installed, or NT 4.0 prior to NT SP3.
>>I have NT 4.0 with SP4 and IE 5.0
>
>It works here; check how you've spelled Shell.Application in your command. IE5 guarentees that SHELL32.DLL is version 4.72 or later.
>
>The documentation for the Shell Object is in the MSDN under the topic "Shell Object"
>
>>Mark

Ed,

I've got a question on the SHELL32.DLL version. I've got version 4.00.951 (W95a) and IE4, and
oShell = createobject('Shell.Application')
works OK. From what you've been saying, it should not. Just how are we supposed to tell what version of these .DLL's we TRULY need, then?