check if a file exists on a web server

[Jane]

Hello,

I am developing a windows service application that checks
if a particular web page is on the web server. I found
there is a method called File.exists(path) to check it,
but how can I get absolute path of a web page in a windows
application rather than a web application? In a web
application, we can use Server.MapPath(mypath) to get
absolute path.

Thanks in advance.

Jane

[Russ Green]

This funtion should do the trick

Private Function FileExists(ByVal strFileName As String) As Boolean
Dim FileFound As String

On Error GoTo 0
FileFound = Dir(strFileName)
If Len(FileFound) = 0 Then
FileExists = False
Else
FileExists = True
End If
End Function

HTH

Russ

"Jane" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hello,

I am developing a windows service application that checks
if a particular web page is on the web server. I found
there is a method called File.exists(path) to check it,
but how can I get absolute path of a web page in a windows
application rather than a web application? In a web
application, we can use Server.MapPath(mypath) to get
absolute path.

Thanks in advance.

Jane

[Jeff B.]

I don't know the actual source code to use right off hand (too lazy to try
it out :-) However, check out the HttpWebRequest class. I've seen this
class used in other examples to test for the existence of a web page given a
URL to test (e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/somefile.html).

--
Thanks, Jeff

"Jane" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01****************************@phx.gbl...

Hello,

I am developing a windows service application that checks
if a particular web page is on the web server. I found
there is a method called File.exists(path) to check it,
but how can I get absolute path of a web page in a windows
application rather than a web application? In a web
application, we can use Server.MapPath(mypath) to get
absolute path.

Thanks in advance.

Jane

[Russ Green]

Take a look at this little project. It way help
http://www.russgreen.net\software\do...iveUpdater.zip

Russ
"Jane" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:01****************************@phx.gbl...

Hello,

I am developing a windows service application that checks
if a particular web page is on the web server. I found
there is a method called File.exists(path) to check it,
but how can I get absolute path of a web page in a windows
application rather than a web application? In a web
application, we can use Server.MapPath(mypath) to get
absolute path.

Thanks in advance.

Jane