FileSystem.FileExists(String) Method
Definition
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Returns True
if the specified file exists.
public:
static bool FileExists(System::String ^ file);
public static bool FileExists (string file);
static member FileExists : string -> bool
Public Shared Function FileExists (file As String) As Boolean
Parameters
- file
- String
Name and path of the file.
Returns
Returns True
if the file exists; otherwise this method returns False
. This method also returns False
if the parameter represents the path of a directory rather than a file.
Exceptions
The name of the file ends with a backslash (\).
Examples
This example checks to see whether or not the file Check.txt
exists and supplies the information in a message box.
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("c:\Check.txt") Then
MsgBox("File found.")
Else
MsgBox("File not found.")
End If
Remarks
If the application does not have sufficient permissions to read the specified file, the FileExists
method returns False
, regardless of the existence of the path; the method does not throw an exception.