Does file exist

[Mike]

Thanks for the reply, I have been trying that, but I keep getting the same
results. The result I get is that the file exits, when it really doesn't.
All my msgbox display twice and I'm not sure why. Here is the code I'm
using. Can you help?

Public Const fnet As String = "\\server1\imag es"
Public pfile As String = "TEST01.TXT "
Private Sub DoesExist()

If System.IO.File. Exists(fnet & "\" & pfile) Then

MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file does not exist")
Else
MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file does exist")
End If

End Sub

[Kerry Moorman]

RE: Does file exist

Mike,

You have got your messages mixed up. It should be:

If System.IO.File. Exists(fnet & "\" & pfile) Then

MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file DOES exist")
Else
MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file does NOT exist")
End If

Kerry Moorman

"Mike" wrote:
[color=blue]
> Thanks for the reply, I have been trying that, but I keep getting the same
> results. The result I get is that the file exits, when it really doesn't.
> All my msgbox display twice and I'm not sure why. Here is the code I'm
> using. Can you help?
>
> Public Const fnet As String = "\\server1\imag es"
> Public pfile As String = "TEST01.TXT "
> Private Sub DoesExist()
>
> If System.IO.File. Exists(fnet & "\" & pfile) Then
>
> MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file does not exist")
> Else
> MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file does exist")
> End If
>
> End Sub
>
>
>
>[/color]

[Kevin Westhead]

Re: Does file exist

Bear in mind that if File.Exists returns false it doesn't necessarily mean
that the file does not exist; it could mean that the caller has insufficient
permissions to actually test for the existence of the file. If File.Exists
is being used to determine whether or not a file needs to be created, it's
possible for the file creation to fail.

--
Kevin Westhead

"Kerry Moorman" <KerryMoorman@d iscussions.micr osoft.com> wrote in message
news:4380C96E-448E-43C3-9AFC-7E465AC0092F@mi crosoft.com...[color=blue]
> Mike,
>
> You have got your messages mixed up. It should be:
>
> If System.IO.File. Exists(fnet & "\" & pfile) Then
>
> MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file DOES exist")
> Else
> MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file does NOT exist")
> End If[/color]

[R. MacDonald]

Re: Does file exist

Hello, Mike,

Is it possible that you're just suffering a proofreading lapse? It
looks to me like the code you posted will report the message opposite to
the one you would normally want.

Cheers,
Randy


Mike wrote:[color=blue]
> Thanks for the reply, I have been trying that, but I keep getting the same
> results. The result I get is that the file exits, when it really doesn't.
> All my msgbox display twice and I'm not sure why. Here is the code I'm
> using. Can you help?
>
> Public Const fnet As String = "\\server1\imag es"
> Public pfile As String = "TEST01.TXT "
> Private Sub DoesExist()
>
> If System.IO.File. Exists(fnet & "\" & pfile) Then
>
> MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file does not exist")
> Else
> MessageBox.Show (fnet & "\" & pfile & " file does exist")
> End If
>
> End Sub
>
>
>[/color]