Perform various file operations (like Windows File Explorer) and show progress dialog and / or error dialogs
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' Constants & API Declarations
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'Place the following code in a Module
Public Const FO_MOVE As Long = &H1 ' Move File
Public Const FO_COPY As Long = &H2 ' Copy File
Public Const FO_DELETE As Long = &H3 ' Delete File
Public Const FO_RENAME As Long = &H4 ' Rename File
Public Const FOF_MULTIDESTFILES As Long = &H1
Public Const FOF_CONFIRMMOUSE As Long = &H2
Public Const FOF_SILENT As Long = &H4
Public Const FOF_RENAMEONCOLLISION As Long = &H8
Public Const FOF_NOCONFIRMATION As Long = &H10
Public Const FOF_WANTMAPPINGHANDLE As Long = &H20
Public Const FOF_CREATEPROGRESSDLG As Long =&H0 ' Use Progress Dialog
Public Const FOF_ALLOWUNDO As Long = &H40
Public Const FOF_FILESONLY As Long = &H80
Public Const FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS As Long = &H100
Public Const FOF_NOCONFIRMMKDIR As Long = &H200
Type SHFILEOPSTRUCT
hwnd As Long
wFunc As Long
pFrom As String
pTo As String
fFlags As Long
fAnyOperationsAborted As Long
hNameMappings As Long
lpszProgressTitle As String
End Type
Declare Function SHFileOperation Lib "Shell32.dll" Alias "SHFileOperationA" (lpFileOp As SHFILEOPSTRUCT) As Long
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' Function
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Sub FileExplorer()
Dim Result As Long, fileop As SHFILEOPSTRUCT
With fileop
.hwnd = Me.hwnd
.wFunc = FO_COPY
.pFrom = "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC\VB.HLP" & vbNullChar & "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC\README.HLP" & vbNullChar & vbNullChar
.pFrom = "C:\*.*" & vbNullChar & vbNullChar
.pTo = "C:\testfolder" & vbNullChar & vbNullChar
.fFlags = FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS Or FOF_FILESONLY
End With
Result = SHFileOperation(fileop)
If Result <> 0 Then
' Operation failed
MsgBox Err.LastDllError
Else
If fileop.fAnyOperationsAborted <> 0 Then
MsgBox "Operation Failed"
End If
End If
End Sub
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