How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

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August 25th, 2008, 12:56 AM
anubhava

How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Hi,
I want to need of copy file/Folder information(File Name,File Path,File Data ...) which is currently copy.

secondly I want to need same for Paste file/Folder information.

Thanks
August 25th, 2008, 03:09 AM
VictorN

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Could you describe more clear what and how you are doing (trying to do)?What is the problem you are trying to accomplish?
August 25th, 2008, 04:07 AM
anubhava

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictorN

Could you describe more clear what and how you are doing (trying to do)?What is the problem you are trying to accomplish?

I m developing a Utility getting for Copy/Paste information.
i want to find some details like

1. List of Copy/Paste file Name,Drive.
2. Path of Copy/Paste File Name
3. Time of Copy/Paste
4. Size of Files/Folder

Thanks
August 25th, 2008, 04:36 AM
VictorN

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

It is still not clear what you want/mean: is it just a "copy file" operation (using CopyFile(Ex) or ShFileOperation API) or do you want to develop some tool to work with the Clipboard?

Anyway:
1-2. Providing you have the full path name of the file you can split it to get file name, folder and drive using either CRT-function _splitpath/_wsplitpath or Path... APIs such as PathFindExtension, PathFindFileName, PathGetDriveNumber, PathFindNextComponent, ...
3. If you mean the time when you copy the file - then GetSystemTime API (or COleDateTime::GetCurrentTime)
4. There is no such a function returning size of the Folder. You should enumerate all the files within the folder (MFC class CFileFind) and calculate the sum of sizes of all the files (CFileFind::GetLength)
August 25th, 2008, 05:21 AM
anubhava

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictorN

It is still not clear what you want/mean: is it just a "copy file" operation (using CopyFile(Ex) or ShFileOperation API) or do you want to develop some tool to work with the Clipboard?

Anyway:
1-2. Providing you have the full path name of the file you can split it to get file name, folder and drive using either CRT-function _splitpath/_wsplitpath or Path... APIs such as PathFindExtension, PathFindFileName, PathGetDriveNumber, PathFindNextComponent, ...
3. If you mean the time when you copy the file - then GetSystemTime API (or COleDateTime::GetCurrentTime)
4. There is no such a function returning size of the Folder. You should enumerate all the files within the folder (MFC class CFileFind) and calculate the sum of sizes of all the files (CFileFind::GetLength)

Ok it's good but how can i know from which drive file is copy.And i am not going to use clipboard.

Simply i want to know from which drive file is copy/past.
August 25th, 2008, 06:01 AM
VictorN

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

But isn't it *YOU* who copies/pastes this file? :confused:
August 25th, 2008, 06:26 AM
anubhava

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictorN

But isn't it *YOU* who copies/pastes this file? :confused:

See any one use this Utility.So User don't know about that.
August 25th, 2008, 06:35 AM
VictorN

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Quote:

Originally Posted by anubhava

See any one use this Utility.So User don't know about that.

What do you mean? :confused:

Quote:

Originally Posted by anubhava

Simply i want to know from which drive file is copy/past.

:mad:
What information about the file to copy do you have? File path name? Then use one of the functions I referred to to obtain the drive.

Or you meant something comletely different? Then please describe more clear what and how you are doing :cool:
August 25th, 2008, 06:49 AM
anubhava

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictorN

What do you mean? :confused:

:mad:
What information about the file to copy do you have? File path name? Then use one of the functions I referred to to obtain the drive.

Or you meant something comletely different? Then please describe more clear what and how you are doing :cool:

My software is running in hidden mode. My utility is like a logger. Which store the information of all copy/paste.For that i want to need of Copy/Paste information (Files/Folders name,Drive Name,Time etc.).

Thanks
August 25th, 2008, 06:58 AM
VictorN

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Where does your "logger" get the initial information about "Copy/Paste" from? How?
What type of such an information about "Copy/Paste" does it get?
August 25th, 2008, 07:24 AM
anubhava

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictorN

Where does your "logger" get the initial information about "Copy/Paste" from? How?
What type of such an information about "Copy/Paste" does it get?

My utility is like a service. which store all Files/Folder related information in Log.

Like as : Which file/Folder is renamed,Modified,Move,Create,delete.

For that how to get file information which is copied/Pasted.

Thanks
August 25th, 2008, 08:07 AM
VictorN

Re: How to Get Copy/Paste File Information

Quote:

Originally Posted by anubhava

My utility is like a service. which store all Files/Folder related information in Log.

Like as : Which file/Folder is renamed,Modified,Move,Create,delete.

For that how to get file information which is copied/Pasted.

Does your " like a service" already exist/work and is able to get at least something about the file operations?
Or it is only aour dream to somehow develop such an application?
If former - then what information are you already able to get?
If latter - have a look at FindFirstChangeNotification/FindNextChangeNotification and/or ReadDirectoryChangesW APIs