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Re: CopyFileTo Speed

To: REALbasic Network Users Group <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: CopyFileTo Speed
From: Frank Bitterlich <bitterlich at gsco dot de>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 12:12:46 +0200
Dominik Fusina - The Captain wrote:
> In the same subject, I would like to know if it's possible to know the
> number of "octets" writed in real time by the "CopyFileTo" function ?
> You know, it's sometimes (particulary when the file is big) very useful to
> know the size of datas in writing and - for the user - display a bar.

I doubt it, since the CopyFileTo command is somewhat atomic in RB - it
halts your application (or thread) until the copy is done. So if you
want to get progress information, I guess you have to write your own
copy method. Not too hard unless you're including the resource fork, too ;)

Cheers,
   Frank+++


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