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

[Guest]

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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[Armin Zingler]

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

io.file.exists(filename)


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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

io.file.exists(filename)

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

 

[Armin Zingler]

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

I don't see the difference.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Herfried,

... 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,

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.

 

[Armin Zingler]

Cor,



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

System is imported by default.

 

[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