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Lets say i have an image file. It is at C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\Desktop\sample.jpg . I want to have my program copy and save it to a new location with a new name e.g. docs\images\newname.jpg. I want it all done behind the scenes without the end users input. What is the easiest way?

Your thread title and message content describe two very different tasks.

If indeed all you want to do is move a file, the "rename file" command can change any elements of a file's path:

rename folder "C:/Documents and Settings/Admin/Desktop/sample.jpg" \
to "/docs/mages/newname.jpg"

I tried that, however I don't want to remove the original file. instead I want to make a new copy in a new location. I think I might have found the answer though in the revCopyFile command. I just need to get it to work from inside a do command since the locations will be stored in variables. At least I feel like I am on the right track. Thank you

put "/myfolder/myfile.jpg" into tSrcFile
put /myotherfolder/mynewfile.jpg" into tNewFile
put url ("binfile:"& tSrcFile) into url ("binfile:"&tNewFile)
if the result is not empty then
answer "Something went wrong with the file copy: "& sysError()
else
answer "File copied well. Nifty, eh?" with "Cool"
end if