How do you determine if a file exists before using the StranmReader object?

[Darrell Wesley]

Is there any better method of determining if a file exists then using the Scripting.FileSystemObject

If I do thi

Dim fs As New System.IO.StreamReader(FileName

and the file does not exist thena n exception is thrown, how can you determine if the file exists before attemptng to open it

[Simon Jefferies]

Yes,

Try:

If System.IO.File.Exists(Filename) Then
....
... Your Code ...
....
End If

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"Darrell Wesley" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Is there any better method of determining if a file exists then using the
Scripting.FileSystemObject?

If I do this

Dim fs As New System.IO.StreamReader(FileName)

and the file does not exist thena n exception is thrown, how can you
determine if the file exists before attemptng to open it?

[Armin Zingler]

"Darrell Wesley" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb

Is there any better method of determining if a file exists then using
the Scripting.FileSystemObject?

io.file.exists(filename)
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Armin

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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> scripsit:

"Darrell Wesley" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb

Is there any better method of determining if a file exists then using
the Scripting.FileSystemObject?

io.file.exists(filename)

.... that should be forbidden with 'Option Strict On' too!
'System.IO.File.Exists' ;-).

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Herfried,

io.file.exists(filename)

... that should be forbidden with 'Option Strict On' too!
'System.IO.File.Exists' ;-).

Vb is not case sensitive and let's keep it that way

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Cor,

* "Cor Ligthert" <no**********@planet.nl> scripsit:

io.file.exists(filename)

... that should be forbidden with 'Option Strict On' too!
'System.IO.File.Exists' ;-).

Vb is not case sensitive and let's keep it that way

I didn't "complain" about case sensitivity but about "qualification" of
a class name with an incomplete namespace hierarchy.

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Armin Zingler]

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> schrieb

* "Armin Zingler" <az*******@freenet.de> scripsit:

"Darrell Wesley" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb

Is there any better method of determining if a file exists then
using the Scripting.FileSystemObject?

io.file.exists(filename)

... that should be forbidden with 'Option Strict On' too!
'System.IO.File.Exists' ;-).

I don't see the difference.
--
Armin

[Armin Zingler]

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> schrieb

Cor,

* "Cor Ligthert" <no**********@planet.nl> scripsit:

io.file.exists(filename)

... that should be forbidden with 'Option Strict On' too!
'System.IO.File.Exists' ;-).

Vb is not case sensitive and let's keep it that way

I didn't "complain" about case sensitivity but about "qualification"
of a class name with an incomplete namespace hierarchy.

System is imported by default.
--
Armin

[Cor Ligthert]

Herfried,

Sorry I am such a superdummy

:-)))))))))))))))

(Of course I did understand what you mean but that answer would come from
Armin as it was)

Cor