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Is it possible to copy folder with Extendscript

New Here ,
Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

Not sure if this is only available to files... Trying to create a folder locally (C: drive) and then copy the folder (and contents) to another folder on the network...

var foSource = new Folder(myPath);

foSource.copy(strTarget);

This throws an error... any ideas?

Thanks!

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Enthusiast , Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

Hi funsekon,

here's one way to do that:

var NewFileName;

var oFiles;

var oNewFolder

var StartFolder = "C:\\temp";   // preselection for Windows Explorer

var locFolder = new Folder(StartFolder);

var oOldFolder = locFolder.selectDlg ("Folder");

    

if (oOldFolder != null)

    {

       

    oNewFolder = new Folder(oOldFolder + "\\NewFolder") ;

    if (oNewFolder.exists)

        {

        // alert("overwrite?")

        // ......

        }

    else

        {

        oNewFolder.create();

        }

   

        oFiles = o

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

What is your "strTarget"?

How is it build?  It should be something like "C:\\Users\\User\\MyFolder";

IMPORTANT: backslash must be double( means: masked)

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

It may be because the Folder object does not have a copy() function.

I had a quick look at this and I believe that you will have to create your own recursive folder copy function. That will need to create a new folder, then copy each file into it. A recursive function will allow it to also create/copy sub-folders.

By the way, I normally use URI notation for all paths as it saves all that double backslash nonsense and it's how the File and Folder objects store the paths anyway.

Ian

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

Hi Ian,

you're absolutely right.

Only a file can be copied, but not a folder.

@funsekon: You have to create the (sub-)folder and copy the FILES.( file by file)

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 07, 2017 Feb 07, 2017

Hi funsekon,

here's one way to do that:

var NewFileName;

var oFiles;

var oNewFolder

var StartFolder = "C:\\temp";   // preselection for Windows Explorer

var locFolder = new Folder(StartFolder);

var oOldFolder = locFolder.selectDlg ("Folder");

    

if (oOldFolder != null)

    {

       

    oNewFolder = new Folder(oOldFolder + "\\NewFolder") ;

    if (oNewFolder.exists)

        {

        // alert("overwrite?")

        // ......

        }

    else

        {

        oNewFolder.create();

        }

   

        oFiles = oOldFolder.getFiles ("*.fm");

   

        for (var i = 0; i < oFiles.length; i++)

            {

             NewFileName =    oFiles.fsName.replace(oOldFolder.fsName,oNewFolder.fsName);

            oFiles.copy(NewFileName);

            }

}

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New Here ,
Feb 08, 2017 Feb 08, 2017
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Thanks Klaus, this procedure works wonders. Yes, my target folder looks like: "C:\\Users\\User\\MyFolder";

Thanks @Ian Proudfoot for your suggestions and comments...

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