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How to use the shell function to copymove a file
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Title: How to use the shell function to copy/move a file
uses
ShellApi;
procedure ShellFileOperation(fromFile: string; toFile: string; Flags: Integer);
var
shellinfo: TSHFileOpStructA;
begin
with shellinfo do
begin
wnd := Application.Handle;
wFunc := Flags;
pFrom := PChar(fromFile);
pTo := PChar(toFile);
end;
SHFileOperation(shellinfo);
end;
Usage Example
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
ShellFileOperation('c:\afile.txt', 'd:\afile2.txt', FO_COPY);
// To Move a file: FO_MOVE
end;
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