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Determining Whether a File Exists or Not

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Determining Whether a File Exists or Not

by  Swi  Posted    (Edited  )
This question has been asked many times in this forum. Here are 2 easy ways to determine whether a file exists or not:

' Usage for methods 1 and 2
Private Sub Command1_Click()
MsgBox FileExistsDIR("C:\Test.txt")
MsgBox FileExistsFSO("C:\Test.txt")
End Sub

' Method 1
Function FileExistsDIR(sFile As String) As Boolean
FileExistsDIR = True
If Dir$(sFile) = vbNullString Then FileExistsDIR = False
End Function

' Method 2
Function FileExistsFSO(sFile As String) As Boolean
Dim fs As Object
FileExistsFSO = True
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If fs.FileExists(sFile) = False Then FileExistsFSO = False
Set fs = Nothing
End Function
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