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- Option Explicit
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- Function FileExists% (filename$)
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- ' Description
- ' Checks 'filename$' to find wether the filename given
- ' exists.
- '
- ' Parameters
- ' Name Type Value
- ' -------------------------------------------------------------
- ' filename$ String The filename to be checked
- '
- ' Returns
- ' True if the file exists
- ' False if the file does not exist
- '
- ' Last updated by Jens Balchen 21.11.95
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- Dim f%
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- ' Trap any errors that may occur
- On Error Resume Next
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- ' Get a free file handle to avoid using a file handle already in use
- f% = FreeFile
- ' Open the file for reading
- Open filename$ For Input As #f%
- ' Close it
- Close #f%
- ' If there was an error, Err will be <> 0. In that case, we return False
- FileExists% = Not (Err <> 0)
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- End Function
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