Contributor: MICHAEL VINCZE
{> How do you get Delphi to execute system commands such as copy and rename?> I tried using WINEXEC, but it doesn't recognize copy. It does handle the> commands if I put them in a .bat file. I need this application to work> across all three platforms (95, NT, 3.1). Do I have to do this with bat> files? (yuck)>> Joe Silva>> p.s. Please reply via mail too. Thanks.
Try something like the following:
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procedure CopyDos (FileIn, FileOut: PChar);
var
CommandLine: array[0..$FF] of Char;
begin
StrCopy (CommandLine, GetEnvVar ('COMSPEC'));
StrCat (CommandLine, ' /c copy ');
StrCat (CommandLine, FileIn);
StrCat (CommandLine, ' ');
StrCat (CommandLine, FileOut);
WinExec (CommandLine, sw_Hide);
end;
COMSPEC is necessary in case you are running DR DOS.
Best regards,
Michael Vincze
vincze@ti.com