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how does one duplicate an executable

 
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how does one duplicate an executable
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31 Dec, 2007 - 12:30 PM
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Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim tmp As String
Open App.Path & "\project1.exe" For Input As #1
Line Input #1, tmp
Close #1

Open "C:\copy.exe" For Output As #1
Print #1, tmp
Close #1
End Sub


when i open the copied file w/ a hex editor, its all jacked up sad.gif let alone it working when i execute it.

how does one copy the executable file for the project and paste it in another area in the computer.
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RE: How Does One Duplicate An Executable
31 Dec, 2007 - 12:57 PM
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Have you considered using the filecopy command?

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Private Sub Command1_Click()
    FileCopy "c:/blahblah.exe", "c:/blabblah-copy.exe"
End Sub


If you are insisting to copy the way you are doing it using a loop, do remember that exe files are binary. So you have to open the files using binary (not just input) and use variables that can hold binary data instead of just strings.

Hope this points you in the right direction. smile.gif
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dude ur so freakin awesome thx

i didnt know there was a file copy thing :|
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31 Dec, 2007 - 01:20 PM
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Glad I could be of some help. blush.gif
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31 Dec, 2007 - 10:39 PM
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Although I'd recommend the use of the FileCopy Command, let me tell you why your code didn't work.
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Open App.Path & "\project1.exe" For Input As #1
Line Input #1, tmp
Close #1

The Line Input# Statement reads ONLY ONE LINE from a file. It doesn't read the entire contents. To make it read the entire file, you'll have to repeat the statement until the EOF (End of File) is reached.

The corrected code would look like this:
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Private Sub Form_Load()

Dim tmp As String
Open App.Path & "\project1.exe" For Input As #1
Open "C:\copy.exe" For Output As #2
Do While Not EOF(1) 'Check for EOF
   Line Input #1, tmp ' Read a Line of Text
   Print #2, tmp        ' Write into file
Loop                       ' Repeat

Close #1
Close #2

End Sub
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Ohhhhhh.. lol ahh so obvious. i knew that was too little of code when i tried it.
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