Using HOST command to copy files

Platform is Win network (98/NT/2k Prof), application is loading a picture into a blob field. Button executes the get_file_name built in to let the user select a file from the network, but code must copy the file to a directory that is on the oracle server so that the bfilename function can access a local directory. Then I can use dbms_lob.loadfromfile to actually load the picture.
The problem is that I cannot formulate a correct command for the HOST built in that will copy the file. I use message to display the command variable and it looks right, but the file does not get copied and the HOST command does not return an error.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Mark.
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Marc Riesewijk ([email protected]):
Hi Mark,
You can use the library d2kwutil. It should be in a directory of the Developer demo's.
In this pll-file, there a procedure which enable you to copy, delete and move files on Windows.
Hope this helps!
Marc<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Ah,it's in \%orahome%\tools\devdem60\demos\forms\,I got it,it's Win_api_utility procedure,it has copy_file,delete_file etc.
It's very good.:)
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