FileSystemObject.FileExists()

JScript3.0+Syntax

							filesystemobject.FileExists(filename)

Description

The FileExists() method is used to determine whether or not a file exists on the current system. This method takes filename as its only parameter, which represents the name of file to check.

Example

Listing 9.79 shows how to use the FileExists() method to check to see if the file test.txt exists.

Listing 9.79 Example of FileExists()
<html>
<body>

<script language="JScript">
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function checkfile()
{
  var myObject;
  // Create an instance of the FileSystemObject
  myObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); // check to see if the file exists and alert user of status if(myObject.FileExists("c:\\test.txt")){ alert("File Exists"); ...

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