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 NULL.
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 NULL.
    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.

    Supported Frameworks

    .NET: net5.0, net5.0-windows, net6.0, net6.0-macos, net6.0-windows, net7.0, net7.0-macos, net7.0-windows, net8.0, net8.0-browser, net8.0-macos, net8.0-windows, net9.0, net9.0-browser, net9.0-macos, net9.0-windows, net10.0, net10.0-browser, net10.0-macos, net10.0-windows.

    .NET Standard: netstandard2.0, netstandard2.1

    .NET Framework: net20, net35, net40, net403, net45, net451, net452, net46, net461, net462, net463, net47, net471, net472, net48, net481.

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