test "file exists" on remote computer?

[Pete]

I successfully use "My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile", including the
authentication data, but I would appreciate learning how to first test
whether the file exists on the remote computer. Thanks.
- Pete

[Charlie Brown]

'Create a string for the file path
Dim strPath As String = "C:\MyDirectory\MyFile.txt"
If System.IO.File.Exists(strPath) Then
'Your Code here
End If

you can also use UNC paths as well
"\\computername\MyDirectory\Myfile.txt"

Pete wrote:

I successfully use "My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile", including the
authentication data, but I would appreciate learning how to first test
whether the file exists on the remote computer. Thanks.
- Pete

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Pete,

Have a look at the webrequest class

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

I hope this helps,

Cor

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>I successfully use "My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile", including the
authentication data, but I would appreciate learning how to first test
whether the file exists on the remote computer. Thanks.
- Pete

[Pete]

Thanks, but could you please tell me how the username and password get
transmitted using "System.IO.File.Exists". They were just args of
"My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile". - Pete

Charlie Brown wrote:

'Create a string for the file path
Dim strPath As String = "C:\MyDirectory\MyFile.txt"
If System.IO.File.Exists(strPath) Then
'Your Code here
End If

you can also use UNC paths as well
"\\computername\MyDirectory\Myfile.txt"

Pete wrote:

I successfully use "My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile", including the
authentication data, but I would appreciate learning how to first test
whether the file exists on the remote computer. Thanks.
- Pete