File Exists - ASP / Active Server Pages

Gram

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if its possible to check to see if a remote (text) file
exists, I'm currently using

If (fs.FileExists("http://www.example.com/myfile.txt"))=true Then

but this doesn't work

Any ideas?

Thanks in adance

Gram.

Jul 19 '05 #1

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Paul Baker

You are passing a URL, you should pass a file name.

If you don't have a file name, the only way to determine whether it exists
is to make a HTTP request and see if the status code is 404.

Paul

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Hello,

Can anyone tell me if its possible to check to see if a remote (text) file
exists, I'm currently using

If (fs.FileExists("http://www.example.com/myfile.txt"))=true Then

but this doesn't work

Any ideas?

Thanks in adance

Gram.

Jul 19 '05 #2

John Beschler

I assume that fs is a properly created and instantiated
FSO object. In any case, I don't believe FSO recognizes
HTTP. You would need to access using
the "\\server\filename" syntax and that requires
permissions on the remote server.

There may be a way to do it using one of the TCP/IP
Protocols. I don't know.

HTH,
John

-----Original Message-----
Hello,

Can anyone tell me if its possible to check to see if a remote (text) fileexists, I'm currently using

If (fs.FileExists("http://www.example.com/myfile.txt")) =true Then
but this doesn't work

Any ideas?

Thanks in adance

Gram.
.

Jul 19 '05 #3

Aaron Bertrand - MVP

> Can anyone tell me if its possible to check to see if a remote (text) file

exists, I'm currently using

If (fs.FileExists("http://www.example.com/myfile.txt"))=true Then

but this doesn't work

Trap for an error using MSXML...
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Jul 19 '05 #4

Gram

Thanks for your help guys, I sorted it out using XMLHTTP

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Can anyone tell me if its possible to check to see if a remote (text) file exists, I'm currently using

If (fs.FileExists("http://www.example.com/myfile.txt"))=true Then

but this doesn't work

Trap for an error using MSXML...
http://www.aspfaq.com/2173

Jul 19 '05 #5

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