Coping file with Visual Basic

[AgentEddie99]

Hi there need help!!!!!!!

 

Using this command "My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile("C:\Users\Eddie\Documents\IMG_1008.mp4, "C:\Users\Eddie\Desktop\IMG_1008.mp4" and I want to use this program on another computer with a different Username. What is the command to find the username.

Thanks.

[squirrl]

I'd change the title to "Visual Basic". Visual studio is the environment, but visual basic is the language. (You can program in many different languages which have different syntaxes, so copying a file in visual studio doesn't really mean anything.

 

Anyway, what you're looking for is an environment variable. It's something that the operating system (and programs on top of it) uses to find a specific path like the one you're looking for without knowing specific details like the username.

 

http://ss64.com/nt/syntax-variables.html

 

You will be looking for % USERPROFILE %.

 

Use it like this:

CopyFile("%USERPROFILE%\Documents\...

[GoodBytes]

We have a programming section on the forum.

I moved your thread, and fixed your title.

[Nuluvius]

2 hours ago, squirrl said:

CopyFile("%USERPROFILE%\Documents\...

Hard coding a path is brittle. A better way is to use the inbuilt Environment constants:

Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile

With Path.Combine (if necessary):

Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), "Test")

In any event why are you using such a deprecating language?