Checking for existing File in Directory...

[dmudgett]

Hello -

I am new to programming and I need some help.

I have an application that writes a file to a specified directory using the following

FileName = String.Format(R eportFileNames( ReportType), Format(Now, "yyyyMMddHHmmss "))

I need to now check before I create the file to make sure that there is no file that has a creation date within the last 15 minutes.

Please help. And if you have examples or a location to find the answer that would be great. I need to learn this. Thanks in advance.

[Enyi]

If your using .NET, then there is a method called 'Exists' in the System.IO.File namespace, which you can use to check whether it exists.

I'm not sure about the date thing.

[krodman]

IO.File.GetCrea tionDate(filePa th)