Xceed .NET Libraries Documentation
Xceed.FileSystem Assembly / Xceed.FileSystem Namespace / AbstractFile Class / MoveTo Method / MoveTo(AbstractFile,Boolean) Method
An AbstractFile object into which the contents of the item will be moved. Cannot be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
true if existing items in the destination should be replaced; false otherwise.


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    MoveTo(AbstractFile,Boolean) Method
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    Moves the contents of the AbstractFile object to the target AbstractFile object.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
     
    Public Overloads Function MoveTo( _
       ByVal destinationFile As AbstractFile, _
       ByVal replaceIfExists As Boolean _
    ) As FileSystemItem
    'Usage
     
    Dim instance As AbstractFile
    Dim destinationFile As AbstractFile
    Dim replaceIfExists As Boolean
    Dim value As FileSystemItem
     
    value = instance.MoveTo(destinationFile, replaceIfExists)

    Parameters

    destinationFile
    An AbstractFile object into which the contents of the item will be moved. Cannot be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
    replaceIfExists
    true if existing items in the destination should be replaced; false otherwise.

    Return Value

    A FileSystemItem object that represents the newly moved item.
    Remarks

    If the physical file specified by destinationFile does not exist, it is created.

    FileSystemItem.ApplyPropertiesTo is called on the destination item; therefore, the attributes and dates of the original item are applied to the destination item.

    Requirements

    Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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