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Hi All,

So, this other day, I needed a program to copy the files from prod server to Dev, and I had to do this for an entire week. The issue is, I have to do it over multiple locations, over a period of time. I wrote a simple .NET program to solve this.. I hope it is useful to you as well..

If you don't care about the source, just want to use this program, you can install it from here : Link .
Note: If you cannot get to the link above, it means your organization / admin has blocked google drive. Please reach out to me directly - Dinesh.Loganathan {at} g mail{dot} com
Edit : You might get a Microsoft smart screen warning, if you are using Windows 8, please ignore that and select "Proceed Anyway" to install the program.

Program's Features:

Ability to Run in the background (File-> Run in background)
Ability to save the settings, so that it can be retrieved during next launch. Save the settings @ {File-> Save}
Ability to schedule the copy based on pattern {just put in the HH, MM Fields with hour and minute you want the schedule to be executed}
Ability to copy only the files created today {Recent files only column}
Ability to overwrite the files automatically {Overwrite?} column
Add multiple copy tasks by adding new rows.

Since I needed something quick, I had developed this program using C# & WinForms.

Step 1 :

Add a data set which takes care of the configuration settings. Please note that there are other ways of doing this, I just did what was easy. I am persisting the settings on to user's appdata folder. Add a new table by clicking on the Table properly and add the below columns:

Step 2:

Add a GridView control and have it linked to the Data set that we had created.Apart from the auto generated columns, also add a link button column, I am calling it "Run"

Step 3:
Add a notification icon, Menu strip and do the coding for that. {You can refer to the source file}

Step 4:

Write the below code for a class called "DataSetSettings":

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

//using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Data;

namespace FileCopyMultiDestinations

{

public class DataSetSettings

{

public string FromPath{get;set;}

public string ToPath { get; set; }

public string Pattern { get; set; }

public bool isEnabled{get;set;}

public bool isScheduled{get;set;}

public bool isOverWrite{get;set;}

public bool isTodaysFilesOnly { get; set; }

public int iSchMM { get; set; }

public int iSchHH { get; set; }

public bool isTodaysFileOnly { get; set; }

public static DataSetSettings ParseDataRow(DataRow dr)

{

DataSetSettings Return = new DataSetSettings();

string FromPath, ToPath, Pattern;

bool isEnabled, isScheduled, isOverWrite,isTodaysFileOnly;

int iSchMM, iSchHH;

FromPath = dr["FromPath"].ToString();

ToPath = dr["ToPath"].ToString();

Pattern = dr["Pattern"].ToString();

bool.TryParse(dr["SettingEnabled"].ToString(), out isEnabled);

bool.TryParse(dr["OverWrite"].ToString(), out isOverWrite);

bool.TryParse(dr["Schedule"].ToString(), out isScheduled);

int.TryParse(dr["RunTimeHour"].ToString(), out iSchHH);

int.TryParse(dr["RunTimeMinute"].ToString(), out iSchMM);

bool.TryParse(dr["RecentFileOnly"].ToString(), out isTodaysFileOnly);

Return.FromPath = FromPath;

Return.ToPath = ToPath;

Return.Pattern = Pattern;

Return.isEnabled = isEnabled;

Return.isOverWrite = isOverWrite;

Return.isScheduled = isScheduled;

Return.iSchHH = iSchHH;

Return.iSchMM = iSchMM;

Return.isTodaysFileOnly = isTodaysFileOnly;

return Return;

}

Write below code for Logging {I am using NLog, since it is easy to use, you can also use custom logging or Log4NET or whatever you are comfortable with}:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

//using System.Threading.Tasks;

using NLog;

namespace FileCopyMultiDestinations

{

public class Log

{

static protected Logger ThisLogger { get; set; }

static Log()

{

LogManager.ReconfigExistingLoggers();

ThisLogger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();

}

public static void LogMessage(string strMessage, LogLevel Level)

{

if (Level == LogLevel.Debug)

{

ThisLogger.Debug(strMessage);

}

else if (Level == LogLevel.Info)

{

ThisLogger.Info(strMessage);

}

else if (Level == LogLevel.Trace)

{

ThisLogger.Trace(strMessage);

}

else if (Level == LogLevel.Warn)

{

ThisLogger.Warn(strMessage);

}

else if (Level == LogLevel.Error)

{

ThisLogger.Error(strMessage);

}

else if (Level == LogLevel.Fatal)

{

ThisLogger.Fatal(strMessage);

}

else

{

ThisLogger.Info(strMessage);

}

public static void LogMessage(string strMessage)

{

LogMessage(strMessage, LogLevel.Debug);

}

Write below code for the Windows Form Form:

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

//using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using System.Configuration;

using System.IO;

namespace FileCopyMultiDestinations

{

public partial class frmMain : Form

{

public frmMain()

{

InitializeComponent();

}

private void notifyIcon1_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)

{

this.Visible = true;

}

private void frmMain_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

//notifyIcon1.

Log.LogMessage("Application Starting..");

InitAppSettingsFolder();

LoadSettings();

}

private void InitAppSettingsFolder()

{

string AppFolderName = Environment.GetFolderPath( Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) +@"\"+ ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AppName"];

try

{

if (!Directory.Exists(AppFolderName))

{

Directory.CreateDirectory(AppFolderName);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Log.LogMessage(ex.Message);

MessageBox.Show(this, "Error - " + ex.Message, "Error!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop);

}

private void LoadSettings()

{

try

{

string strFileName = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) + @"\" + ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AppName"];

if (!strFileName.EndsWith(@"\"))

{

strFileName = strFileName + @"\";

}

strFileName = strFileName +ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DatasetFileName"];

try

{

//runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Checked =

dsListOfAllSettings.ReadXml(strFileName);

Log.LogMessage("Successfully loaded the settings..");

runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Checked = Properties.Settings.Default.RunInBackGround;

}

catch (

Exception ex1)

{

Log.LogMessage("Reinitializing the settings, since : " + ex1.Message);

dsListOfAllSettings.WriteXml(strFileName);

MessageBox.Show("Reinit of settings complete!");

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Log.LogMessage(ex.Message);

MessageBox.Show(this, "Error - " + ex.Message, "Error!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop);

}

private void SaveSettings()

{

try

{

dataGridView1.EndEdit();

string strFileName = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) + @"\" + ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["AppName"];

if (!strFileName.EndsWith(@"\"))

{

strFileName = strFileName + @"\";

}

strFileName = strFileName + ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["DatasetFileName"];

dsListOfAllSettings.WriteXml(strFileName);

Properties.Settings.Default.Save();

Log.LogMessage("Successfully saved all the settings..");

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Log.LogMessage(ex.Message);

MessageBox.Show(this, "Error - " + ex.Message, "Error!", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Stop);

}

private void runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

if (runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Checked)

{

runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Checked = false;

}

else

{

runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true;

}

///

private void tmrTicks_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

Ticker();

}

private void frmMain_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)

{

Log.LogMessage("Application close/minimize detected!");

if (runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Checked)

{

Log.LogMessage("Pulling the app to background!");

e.Cancel = true;

this.Visible = false;

}

private void exitToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

Application.ExitThread();

}

private void saveToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

Log.LogMessage("Save setting start!");

SaveSettings();

Log.LogMessage("Save setting end!");

}

private void frmMain_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)

{

Log.LogMessage("Application Exitting!");

SaveSettings();

}

private void dataGridView1_CellContentClick(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)

{

if (e.ColumnIndex == 9)

{

Log.LogMessage("Manual Run Detetected!");

DataRow dr = tblSettings.Rows[e.RowIndex];

if (dr != null)

{

DataSetSettings oCurrSettings = DataSetSettings.ParseDataRow(dr);

if (!oCurrSettings.FromPath.Trim().Equals(string.Empty) && !oCurrSettings.ToPath.Trim().Equals(string.Empty))

{

Log.LogMessage("Manual Run Start!");

CopyFiles(oCurrSettings.FromPath, oCurrSettings.ToPath, oCurrSettings.Pattern, oCurrSettings.isOverWrite, oCurrSettings.isTodaysFileOnly);

Log.LogMessage("Manual Run End!");

MessageBox.Show("Operation Completed!", "Complete");

}

private void Ticker()

{

try

{

Log.LogMessage("Timer Tick Started");

int iCurrentHH, iCurrentMM;

iCurrentHH = DateTime.Now.Hour;

iCurrentMM = DateTime.Now.Minute;

List<DataSetSettings> oListToRun = new List<DataSetSettings>();

foreach (DataRow dr in tblSettings.Rows)

{

DataSetSettings oCurrSettings = DataSetSettings.ParseDataRow(dr);

if (oCurrSettings.isEnabled && !oCurrSettings.FromPath.Trim().Equals(string.Empty) && !oCurrSettings.ToPath.Trim().Equals(string.Empty))

{

if (oCurrSettings.isScheduled)

{

if (oCurrSettings.iSchMM == iCurrentMM && oCurrSettings.iSchHH == iCurrentHH)

{

oListToRun.Add(oCurrSettings);

}

foreach (DataSetSettings oCurrSettings in oListToRun)

{

CopyFiles(oCurrSettings.FromPath, oCurrSettings.ToPath, oCurrSettings.Pattern, oCurrSettings.isOverWrite, oCurrSettings.isTodaysFileOnly);

}

Log.LogMessage("Timer Tick Ended");

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Log.LogMessage("Error During Timer Tick!");

Log.LogMessage(ex.Message, NLog.LogLevel.Error);

throw ex;

}

private void CopyFiles(string SourcePath, string DestinationPath, string Pattern, bool Overwrite, bool isTodaysFileOnly)

{

try

{

DirectoryInfo oDI = new DirectoryInfo(SourcePath);

if (!DestinationPath.EndsWith(@"\"))

DestinationPath = DestinationPath + @"\";

foreach (FileInfo oFI in oDI.GetFiles(Pattern))

{

DateTime LastModifiedTime = oFI.LastWriteTime;

if (!isTodaysFileOnly ||

(LastModifiedTime.Date == DateTime.Now.Date && isTodaysFileOnly))

{

if (File.Exists(DestinationPath + oFI.Name) && !Overwrite)

{

DialogResult oRes =

MessageBox.Show(this, "File : " + DestinationPath + oFI.Name + " already exists..\nPress Yes for Overwriting the current file No For leaving current file at destination alone, cancel for skipping currnet operation", "Confirm", MessageBoxButtons.YesNoCancel, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);

if (oRes == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes)

{

oFI.CopyTo(DestinationPath + oFI.Name, true);

}

else if (oRes == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel)

{

break;

}

else

{

oFI.CopyTo(DestinationPath + oFI.Name, Overwrite);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

Log.LogMessage(ex.Message, NLog.LogLevel.Error);

throw ex;

}

Application Config file:

xml version="1.0"?>

<section name="FileCopyMultiDestinations.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"

allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false"/>

</sectionGroup>

</configSections>

</appSettings>

<FileCopyMultiDestinations.Properties.Settings>

<value>False</value>

</setting>

</setting>

</FileCopyMultiDestinations.Properties.Settings>

</userSettings>

</configuration>

NLog Config File:

xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<nlog xmlns="http://www.nlog-project.org/schemas/NLog.xsd"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

autoReload="true"

throwExceptions="false">

<target xsi:type="File"

name="File"

layout="${longdate} - ${level} - ${logger} - ${message}"

fileName="${LogDirectory}\${ApplicationName}.log"

archiveFileName="${LogDirectory}\${ApplicationName}_${shortdate}.{##}.log"

keepFileOpen="true"

archiveNumbering="Sequence"

archiveEvery="Day"

maxArchiveFiles="30"

<target xsi:type="ColoredConsole"

name="Console"

layout="${longdate} - ${level:uppercase=true}: ${message}"

</targets>

<rules>

</rules>

</nlog>

Form's Designer code:

namespace FileCopyMultiDestinations

{

partial class frmMain

{

///

/// Required designer variable.

///

private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;

///

/// Clean up any resources being used.

///

/// true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.

protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)

{

if (disposing && (components != null))

{

components.Dispose();

}

base.Dispose(disposing);

}

#region Windows Form Designer generated code

///

/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify

/// the contents of this method with the code editor.

///

private void InitializeComponent()

{

this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();

System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager resources = new System.ComponentModel.ComponentResourceManager(typeof(frmMain));

this.dataGridView1 = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView();

this.dsListOfAllSettings = new System.Data.DataSet();

this.tblSettings = new System.Data.DataTable();

this.ColumnisSettingEnabled = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.ColumnFromPath = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.ColumnToPath = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.ColumnPattern = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.ColumnisSchedule = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.ColumnMM = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.ColumnHH = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.ColumnisOverWrite = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.notifyIcon1 = new System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon(this.components);

this.mnuMenu = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip();

this.fileToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();

this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();

this.saveToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();

this.exitToolStripMenuItem = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();

this.tmrTicks = new System.Windows.Forms.Timer(this.components);

this.ColumnRecentFileOnly = new System.Data.DataColumn();

this.settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn();

this.fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();

this.toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();

this.patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();

this.scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn();

this.runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();

this.runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn();

this.RecentFileOnly = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn();

this.OverWrite = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn();

this.Run = new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewLinkColumn();

((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGridView1)).BeginInit();

((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dsListOfAllSettings)).BeginInit();

((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.tblSettings)).BeginInit();

this.mnuMenu.SuspendLayout();

this.SuspendLayout();

// dataGridView1

this.dataGridView1.AutoGenerateColumns = false;

this.dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumnHeadersHeightSizeMode.AutoSize;

this.dataGridView1.Columns.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn[] {

this.settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn,

this.fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn,

this.toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn,

this.patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn,

this.scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn,

this.runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn,

this.runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn,

this.RecentFileOnly,

this.OverWrite,

this.Run});

this.dataGridView1.DataMember = "tblSettings";

this.dataGridView1.DataSource = this.dsListOfAllSettings;

this.dataGridView1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 33);

this.dataGridView1.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(4, 4, 4, 4);

this.dataGridView1.Name = "dataGridView1";

this.dataGridView1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1453, 638);

this.dataGridView1.TabIndex = 0;

this.dataGridView1.CellContentClick += new System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCellEventHandler(this.dataGridView1_CellContentClick);

// dsListOfAllSettings

this.dsListOfAllSettings.DataSetName = "dsListOfAllSettings";

this.dsListOfAllSettings.Locale = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");

this.dsListOfAllSettings.Tables.AddRange(new System.Data.DataTable[] {

this.tblSettings});

// tblSettings

this.tblSettings.Columns.AddRange(new System.Data.DataColumn[] {

this.ColumnisSettingEnabled,

this.ColumnFromPath,

this.ColumnToPath,

this.ColumnPattern,

this.ColumnisSchedule,

this.ColumnMM,

this.ColumnHH,

this.ColumnisOverWrite,

this.ColumnRecentFileOnly});

this.tblSettings.TableName = "tblSettings";

// ColumnisSettingEnabled

this.ColumnisSettingEnabled.Caption = "SettingEnabled";

this.ColumnisSettingEnabled.ColumnName = "SettingEnabled";

this.ColumnisSettingEnabled.DataType = typeof(bool);

// ColumnFromPath

this.ColumnFromPath.Caption = "FromPath";

this.ColumnFromPath.ColumnName = "FromPath";

// ColumnToPath

this.ColumnToPath.Caption = "ToPath";

this.ColumnToPath.ColumnName = "ToPath";

// ColumnPattern

this.ColumnPattern.Caption = "Pattern";

this.ColumnPattern.ColumnName = "Pattern";

// ColumnisSchedule

this.ColumnisSchedule.Caption = "Schedule";

this.ColumnisSchedule.ColumnName = "Schedule";

this.ColumnisSchedule.DataType = typeof(bool);

// ColumnMM

this.ColumnMM.Caption = "RunTimeMinute";

this.ColumnMM.ColumnName = "RunTimeMinute";

this.ColumnMM.DataType = typeof(short);

// ColumnHH

this.ColumnHH.Caption = "RunTimeHour";

this.ColumnHH.ColumnName = "RunTimeHour";

this.ColumnHH.DataType = typeof(short);

// ColumnisOverWrite

this.ColumnisOverWrite.Caption = "Overwrite?";

this.ColumnisOverWrite.ColumnName = "OverWrite";

this.ColumnisOverWrite.DataType = typeof(bool);

// notifyIcon1

this.notifyIcon1.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("notifyIcon1.Icon")));

this.notifyIcon1.Text = "AutoFileCopier";

this.notifyIcon1.Visible = true;

this.notifyIcon1.MouseDoubleClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.notifyIcon1_MouseDoubleClick);

// mnuMenu

this.mnuMenu.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {

this.fileToolStripMenuItem});

this.mnuMenu.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);

this.mnuMenu.Name = "mnuMenu";

this.mnuMenu.Padding = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(8, 2, 0, 2);

this.mnuMenu.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(1485, 28);

this.mnuMenu.TabIndex = 2;

this.mnuMenu.Text = "menuStrip1";

// fileToolStripMenuItem

this.fileToolStripMenuItem.DropDownItems.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[] {

this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem,

this.saveToolStripMenuItem,

this.exitToolStripMenuItem});

this.fileToolStripMenuItem.Name = "fileToolStripMenuItem";

this.fileToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(44, 24);

this.fileToolStripMenuItem.Text = "File";

// runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem

this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true;

this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.CheckState = System.Windows.Forms.CheckState.Checked;

this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Name = "runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem";

this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(202, 24);

this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Run in Background";

this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem_Click);

// saveToolStripMenuItem

this.saveToolStripMenuItem.Name = "saveToolStripMenuItem";

this.saveToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(202, 24);

this.saveToolStripMenuItem.Text = "&Save";

this.saveToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.saveToolStripMenuItem_Click);

// exitToolStripMenuItem

this.exitToolStripMenuItem.Name = "exitToolStripMenuItem";

this.exitToolStripMenuItem.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(202, 24);

this.exitToolStripMenuItem.Text = "E&xit";

this.exitToolStripMenuItem.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.exitToolStripMenuItem_Click);

// tmrTicks

this.tmrTicks.Enabled = true;

this.tmrTicks.Interval = 60000;

this.tmrTicks.Tick += new System.EventHandler(this.tmrTicks_Tick);

// ColumnRecentFileOnly

this.ColumnRecentFileOnly.Caption = "RecentFileOnly";

this.ColumnRecentFileOnly.ColumnName = "RecentFileOnly";

this.ColumnRecentFileOnly.DataType = typeof(bool);

// settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn

this.settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn.DataPropertyName = "SettingEnabled";

this.settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn.HeaderText = "Enabled?";

this.settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn.Name = "settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn";

this.settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn.Width = 60;

// fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn

this.fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.DataPropertyName = "FromPath";

this.fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.HeaderText = "FromPath";

this.fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Name = "fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn";

this.fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Width = 300;

// toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn

this.toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.DataPropertyName = "ToPath";

this.toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.HeaderText = "ToPath";

this.toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Name = "toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn";

this.toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Width = 300;

// patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn

this.patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.DataPropertyName = "Pattern";

this.patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.HeaderText = "Pattern";

this.patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Name = "patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn";

this.patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Width = 70;

// scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn

this.scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn.DataPropertyName = "Schedule";

this.scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn.HeaderText = "Sch?";

this.scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn.Name = "scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn";

this.scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn.Width = 50;

// runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn

this.runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.DataPropertyName = "RunTimeHour";

this.runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.HeaderText = "HH";

this.runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Name = "runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn";

this.runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Width = 40;

// runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn

this.runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.DataPropertyName = "RunTimeMinute";

this.runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.HeaderText = "MM";

this.runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Name = "runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn";

this.runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn.Width = 40;

// RecentFileOnly

this.RecentFileOnly.DataPropertyName = "RecentFileOnly";

this.RecentFileOnly.HeaderText = "RecentFileOnly";

this.RecentFileOnly.Name = "RecentFileOnly";

this.RecentFileOnly.Width = 50;

// OverWrite

this.OverWrite.DataPropertyName = "OverWrite";

this.OverWrite.HeaderText = "OverWrite";

this.OverWrite.Name = "OverWrite";

this.OverWrite.Width = 60;

// Run

this.Run.HeaderText = "Run";

this.Run.Name = "Run";

this.Run.ReadOnly = true;

this.Run.Text = "Run";

this.Run.UseColumnTextForLinkValue = true;

this.Run.Width = 40;

// frmMain

this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(8F, 16F);

this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;

this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(1485, 686);

this.Controls.Add(this.dataGridView1);

this.Controls.Add(this.mnuMenu);

this.Icon = ((System.Drawing.Icon)(resources.GetObject("$this.Icon")));

this.MainMenuStrip = this.mnuMenu;

this.Margin = new System.Windows.Forms.Padding(4, 4, 4, 4);

this.Name = "frmMain";

this.Text = "Copy Files from source to Destination";

this.FormClosing += new System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventHandler(this.frmMain_FormClosing);

this.FormClosed += new System.Windows.Forms.FormClosedEventHandler(this.frmMain_FormClosed);

this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.frmMain_Load);

((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dataGridView1)).EndInit();

((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.dsListOfAllSettings)).EndInit();

((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.tblSettings)).EndInit();

this.mnuMenu.ResumeLayout(false);

this.mnuMenu.PerformLayout();

this.ResumeLayout(false);

this.PerformLayout();

}

#endregion

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridView dataGridView1;

private System.Data.DataSet dsListOfAllSettings;

private System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon notifyIcon1;

private System.Windows.Forms.MenuStrip mnuMenu;

private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem fileToolStripMenuItem;

private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem runInBackgroundToolStripMenuItem;

private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem exitToolStripMenuItem;

private System.Data.DataTable tblSettings;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnisSettingEnabled;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnFromPath;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnToPath;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnPattern;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnisSchedule;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnMM;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnHH;

private System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem saveToolStripMenuItem;

private System.Windows.Forms.Timer tmrTicks;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnisOverWrite;

private System.Data.DataColumn ColumnRecentFileOnly;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn settingEnabledDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn fromPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn toPathDataGridViewTextBoxColumn;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn patternDataGridViewTextBoxColumn;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn scheduleDataGridViewCheckBoxColumn;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn runTimeHourDataGridViewTextBoxColumn;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewTextBoxColumn runTimeMinuteDataGridViewTextBoxColumn;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn RecentFileOnly;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewCheckBoxColumn OverWrite;

private System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewLinkColumn Run;

}

If you don't care about the source, just want to use this program, you can install it from here : Link

Source code of this program is here : Link.
License - Microsoft Public license - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/openness/licenses.aspx

Visual studio express edition {For Desktop} can be downloaded here : http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-for-windows-desktop#product-express-desktop

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