[power-pro] file.move(_file_,?"D:\01XXXX\") not working

[Suresh [e-mail] [power-pro]]

*Hi,
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**file.move(_file_,?"D:\01XXXX\")
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File move is not working at all but file copy is working perfectly.

My laptop Windows 10 64 bit, 4gb Ram, Powerpro 5.3.37. Somebody please help
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*
*Regards,
Trish

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Also, use files names and not short cuts in tests.

Also try file.copy followed by file.delete as work around in tests and original folder.

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Powerpro version 5.3.37.
Tried with files only not with shortcuts, but not moving.the selected file in Windows Explorer. any settings to change inside "context" (Command list - Setup)?
Tried :-
file.copy(_file_,?"D:\01XXXX\")
file.delete(_file_,?"D:\01XXXX\")
Error message "need one argument for file.delete"

[[e-mail] [power-pro]]

Yes, the error message is right. See the help for file.

[[e-mail] [power-pro]]

Make sure you have .37r2 as I recall there was an issue with file.move in a earlier version.

[[e-mail] [power-pro]]

pwrpro5.3_37h1_setup.exe only I could find. Where can I find the 5.3_37r2?

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Sorry, my mistake. r2/h2 is current internal working version for me only. Install h1.

I'm off now and I won't be monitoring Yahoo until first week of New Year.

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Installed 37h1 version but still the same problem not moving the file. I am going to try other instructed options. Thank you for your help and kind efforts. Merry Christmas and a very Happy new year.

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I had a chance to look at this and did find an error in the unicode version of file.dll. I have uploaded a fix to the powerpro installation files area of yahoo files as file.dll version 1.66. Let me know if this helps with your situation.

Note that this error affected unicode version of file only (5.3.37 series). Users of non-unicode version (5.3.35 series) should not update but rather should use version of file.dll included with .35 install.

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Just to confirm, please try file.move (path1, path2)
where path1 is path to some file under My Documents and path2 is a folder under My Documents (different from the folder for the file at path1, of course).
Try with h1 once you have it.


If it succeeds, then it is likely some kind of permissions or other config issue with the context menu and _file_ case you wan to do.


If it fails, try the file.copy then file.delete workaround with above paths (file.delete just takes path1) and if that works, then same explanation.


If that fails, then I'll investigate further in New Year.

[Suresh [e-mail] [power-pro]]

Now working perfectly. Thanks

[Suresh [e-mail] [power-pro]]

How to get a prompt on "File Copy" successfully? If failed should get a
"Copy failed" prompt.

(Not required in the place of "File Move" as I can see immediately the
file removed from the current directory.)

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I don't think you can get this from the command only. Possibly checking the return value and displaying a message accordingly.. If not, then check directly for the file with file.exists (or whatever the service is).

Both require a short script. To avoid creating many short script files for situations like this, I use exec morcommandasscript and put the script in the more commands field.

[Suresh [e-mail] [power-pro]]

Could you please provide your "morcommandasscript"?

[Suresh [e-mail] [power-pro]]

Dear Bruce, As mentioned in your reply, could you please provide your
"morcommandasscript", I wish to use that script.

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Sorry, I don't actually have any such script. What exactly are you trying to do after you run the file. command

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If it is to tjust product a message if the file is not on the target drive then the following pseudo code is what I had in mind. I am assuming you know how to script; you'll have to debug and check the following:

Command Entry Controls:
Exec
MoreCommandsAsScript


Following in more commands


local targetfolder = ?"D:\01XXXX\"
local targetpath= targetfolder ++ file.nametype(_file_)
file.move(_file_, target)
if (not file.validpath(targetpath))
messagebox("ok topmost". "file.move failed\m"++targetpath, "Error on move")

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should be the following to have newline before targetpath
messagebox("ok topmost". "file.move failed\n"++targetpath, "Error on move")