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Function name : ReplaceFile

Group: File Management - Library: kernel32

Replaces one file with another file, with the option of creating a backup copy of the original file.

Declaration:

BOOL WINAPI ReplaceFile(
  __in        LPCTSTR lpReplacedFileName,
  __in        LPCTSTR lpReplacementFileName,
  __in_opt    LPCTSTR lpBackupFileName,
  __in        DWORD dwReplaceFlags,
  __reserved  LPVOID lpExclude,
  __reserved  LPVOID lpReserved
);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER ReplaceFileA IN kernel32;
	STRING lpReplacedFileName,;
	STRING lpReplacementFileName,;
	STRING lpBackupFileName,;
	LONG dwReplaceFlags,;
	INTEGER lpExclude,;
	INTEGER lpReserved

Parameters:

lpReplacedFileName [in] The name of the file to be replaced.

lpReplacementFileName [in] The name of the file that will replace the lpReplacedFileName file.

lpBackupFileName [in, optional] The name of the file that will serve as a backup copy of the lpReplacedFileName file. If this parameter is NULL, no backup file is created.

dwReplaceFlags [in] The replacement options.

lpExclude Reserved for future use.

lpReserved Reserved for future use.

Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

Comments:

In VFP use the ASCII version for this function, unless you specifically convert the first three input parameters (file names) into Unicode strings.