Scripting.FileSystemObject- GetFile

[drkestrel]

I got a problem as demonstrated by thee following code. The test for

FileExists

returns

True

, and also

MsgBox strLatestPackageFile

also looks legitimate. However, I get "File Not Found" error when

GetFile

is called on the same file

strLatestPackagefile

has been initialised to "d:\deployment\20040126-103023.sdo".

Whatt could be the error. I can't think of anything wrong!!

Dim  objTmp         
Set objFileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
MsgBox strLatestPackageFile
MsgBox "c1" & Vbcrlf & Err.Description
MsgBox objTmp = objFileSystemObject.FileExists(strLatestPackageFile)
MsgBox "c2" & Vbcrlf & Err.Description
Set objTmp = objFileSystemObject.GetFile(strLatestPackageFile)
MsgBox "c3" & Vbcrlf & Err.Description

 

[woja]

Try:

Dim objTmp         
Dim bExists
Set objFileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
MsgBox strLatestPackageFile
MsgBox "c1" & Vbcrlf & Err.Description
bExists = objFileSystemObject.FileExists(strLatestPackageFile)
MsgBox bExists
MsgBox "c2" & Vbcrlf & Err.Description
Set objTmp = objFileSystemObject.GetFile(strLatestPackageFile)
MsgBox "c3" & Vbcrlf & Err.Description

and see what you get...

[tt]________________________________________________________________
Roger
Life is a game of cards in which the deck contains only jokers.[/tt]

 

[drkestrel]

Oh, FileExists return false, but the the file indicated by MsgBox strLatestPackageFile does exists.

why is this!? Do i need to escape the slash (\) or what?

 

[PHV]

ASP or WSH ?

 

[drkestrel]

This is in a WSF file. If I take out the code and put in a VBS file. Same error!

Regardless of whether I use cscript or wscript to run the script on WinXP Pro SP2.

 

[strongm]

Who/what is creating the file represented in strLatestPackageFile? And how long after creation are you running your code?

 

[woja]

No reason to escape "\" in VBScript.

The code runs OK for me (Win98 SE & Win2000). Can't try it on XP.



[tt]________________________________________________________________
Roger
Life is a game of cards in which the deck contains only jokers.[/tt]

 

[drkestrel]

It turns out that the problem is caused by an extra VbCrLf at the end of strLatestPackageFile. That's why it appears visually OK in the MsgBox but FileExists returns false.