interesting program

[Richard Kreiss]

Problem:

Client needs to move filepro data from office computer to home computer using a usb drive.

Drive letter on home computer changes periodically.

I wrote this program to find the drive letter of the drive and run  proper batch file to either copy from the computer or to the computer using xcopy.

If anyone has a more efficient way do doing this, I am open to suggestions.

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       ◄ If:
       Then: declare drive,usb_drive,where,runthis
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       ◄ If: 'uncommented if running from *report
       Then: 'END
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@once  ◄ If: '******************************************************
       Then: '* get file name to import
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       ◄ If:
       Then: bs=chr("92")
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       ◄ If:
       Then: drive="C"
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       ◄ If: usb_drive = ""
       Then: usb_drive=drive
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loop_dr◄ If: 'get drive letter for usb drive
       Then: zz=asc(usb_drive)+"1";usb_drive=chr(zz)
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       ◄ If: usb_drive = "Z"
       Then: ERRORBOX "USB Drive Not Found";EXIT
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       ◄ If: 'can be any file name on usb drive that will always be there
       Then: where=usb_drive{":"{bs{"move.bat"{""
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       ◄ If:
       Then: qq=exists(where)
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       ◄ If:         qq le "0"
       Then:         GOTO loop_dr
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       ◄ If:
       Then: dim rifka(3)
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       ◄ If:
       Then: rifka["1"]="Select Option"
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       ◄ If:
       Then: rifka["2"]="1: Save to USB Drive"<usb_drive
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       ◄ If:
       Then: rifka["3"]="2: Copy from USB Drive"<usb_drive<"to Computer"
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       ◄ If:
       Then: menu rifka saveit,copyit,done
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done   ◄ If:
       Then: EXIT
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copyit ◄ If: 'copy from usb drive to computer                                  
       Then: runthis=usb_drive{":"{"move_from_computer.bat"{usb_drive;GOTO doit
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saveit ◄ If: 'copy from computer to usb drive                                  
       Then: runthis=usb_drive{":"{"move_to_usbdrive.bat"<usb_drive{"";GOTO doit
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       ◄ If:                                                                   
       Then: END                                                               
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doit   ◄ If:                                                                   
       Then: system runthis{""                                                 
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       ◄ If:                                                                   
       Then: EXIT                                                              

Have printer issues as he uses a dot matrix printer at home which is not in the office.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net