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Passing a progressbar to a procedure

I made a function to copy files from hdd to floppy and want to use a progressbar.

procedure CopyFile(Source, Destionation : string; Progressbar);

But I dunno how to pass the progressbar.. Anyone?

inthe

hi,
use shfileoperation from shellapi:

this is the api that windows/explorer uses and automatically shows the progressbar.

uses ShellAPI;

function CopyAllFiles(sFrom, sTo: string; Protect: boolean): boolean;
var
F: TShFileOpStruct;
ResultVal: integer;
tmp1, tmp2: string;
begin
FillChar(F, SizeOf(F), #0);
Screen.Cursor := crHourGlass;
try
F.Wnd := 0;
F.wFunc := FO_COPY;
tmp1 := sFrom + #0;
tmp2 := sTo + #0;
F.pFrom := PChar(tmp1);
F.pTo := PChar(tmp2);
if Protect then
F.fFlags := FOF_RENAMEONCOLLISION or FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS
else
F.fFlags := FOF_SIMPLEPROGRESS;
F.fAnyOperationsAborted := False;
F.hNameMappings := nil;
Resultval := ShFileOperation(F);
Result := (ResultVal = 0);
finally
Screen.Cursor := crDefault;
end;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
CopyAllFiles('a:\','c:\temp\',true);
end;

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