>>However, let's not limit this to the WSH. There's also the Shell.Application >object. Let's say you've got a large file, that take a minute about to copy >from one location to another. Now you can either use the COPY FILE VFP >command, throwing up a WAIT WINDOW beforehand saying, "Copying file...please >wait!" or you can put up the Windows file copy dialog complete with progress >bar and time count down. Which do you think would be better received by your >users? If you answered the latter option, the Shell.Application object can >give it to you.
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>I looked at some of the docs on WSH and the Shell but it's a bit above me right now. What would the syntax be to copy a group of files (ie. *.DBF)?
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>Thanks in Advance for the Help,
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Hi Eddie,

Sure, not a problem

* lcfiles is a file name with or without wildcards
* lcdir is the target directory
oShell = CREATEOBJECT('Shell.Application')
oFolder = oShell.Application.Namespace(lcdir)
oFolder.CopyHere(lcfiles)

Additionally, you can specify parameters that control how the dialog operates for example pass FOF_NOCONFIRMATION (0x10) so that a confirmation dialog doesn't appear if a file with the same name exists in the target directory. The constants are mentioned in SHFILEOPSTRUCT topic and the values can be found in Shlobj.h in the VC++ Include sub-directory.