How can I check if a file exists on a server? Let's supposed that I want to check if "[URL]" exists. How can I do that?
I tried to do this but it does not work:
Dim fso As New FileObject
If fso.FileExists("[URL]") Then
MsgBox("exists")
Else
MsgBox("File not found")
End If
I am working on a Windows Application where i need to check a file exists in particular library with user crediantials.
Note : .Net framework 1.1 (VS2003)
I have a database created and tables inserted into it. One of the tables is called UserLogin. It consists of two columns, BarcodeId and Technician. I have a barcode value, and what I am trying to do is check if any of the values in the BarcodeId column of this table is equal to the barcode that I have. Then when I get a match, I want to get the Technician that matches that BarcodeId and display the Technician in a text box.
I was using this code sample:
Private Sub HasRows(ByVal connection As SqlCeConnection)
Using connection
Dim command As SqlCeCommand = New SqlCeCommand( _
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I'm not sure if I am on the rught track or not, when the code gets to the line connection.Open during debugging, nothing seems to happen.
I have literally looked everywhere on the internet and i cannot find a way to check if a folder exists on an FTP server. I am using Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition.
View 7 RepliesHave only just started trying Visual Basic after using Delphi almost ever since it first came out. How on earth do I see if a file exists? - simple terms please
View 2 RepliesWhat is the easiest want to check if a .dll file exists, then to load it ? ( i don't need to use modules from that dll file, i just want to run it ).
View 1 RepliesHow do I check if any file exists in a folder.
If found I want to delete it.
I can check for a specific file:
If System.IO.File.Exists("C:Labs" & "Lab0.txt") = True Then
msgbox "Files Found"
else-------------> I want to Delete it End If
Check if file exists in a folder
View 3 RepliesIn vb.net (using vs2005), I'd like to see if www.domain.com/myfile.txt exists.
View 2 RepliesWhat I want my code to do is to check to see if a text file exists, and if it doesn't, it'll create one and write to it, but if it does then I want it to make the contents my label's text.
Here's my code:
Imports System.IO
Public Class Main
Private Sub Main_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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The following code will save an item to file over and over again, but how do I save an item only once?
Dim w As New IO.StreamWriter("E:est.txt", True)
w.WriteLine(ListBox1.SelectedItem, True)
w.Close()
If, for example, number1 is already saved in the txt file then how do I not save it again, using something like the following?
dim exist As IO.FileAccess ("e:s.txt")
if exist.that.item.is.exist= true then
w.WriteLine(ListBox1.SelectedItem, True)
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I am using VS 2010.
Is there a way to find out if a file exists if you only have the file extension? I tried this but it doesn't seem to work.
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(drive.Name & "*.cde") Then
I have some code that loads an XML which works fine, then it checks in a certain directory for a file. Then if that file exists it displays the file name if not it dispalys "no image available"
VB
FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog()
If RBFP1.Checked = True Then
TXTPath2.Text = FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(TXTPath2.Text & "DatabasesFuture PinballFuture Pinball.xml") Then
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How can I check if an Image File exists in a Folder?I need something similar to this:If C:***My RecipesNick's Milktart 237.png Exist ThenThe code that goes here is not a problem; I will show it as soon as it works.
View 2 Repliesi want to check if a file exists in the Application.StartupPath. I tried My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists but that checks the whole computer doesn't it. ? How do i check if a file exists in a directory?
View 5 RepliesI wont to be able to check if a table exist, if not i wont to create it...
This is the code i use for connecting...
Code Block
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
View 2 RepliesI have the login form glitch figured out, and now I'm wanting to make a system within the login form's code to check to see if the characters save file exists...
I have the save, load, and test load functions here as follows, and I want to figure out a way to make something test to see if both the character name and the password match a file and or see if they actually exist in that combination.[code]...
What I to do is be able to find out if a text file or any file exists on a server such ass we all know that exists but how can I get VB to produce a message box telling me whether this file exists let alone get VB to search for the file, I've search the site and the MSDN but I cant figure out what code i need to do its been bugging me for weeks
View 4 RepliesI'm not sure what to use to insert a file that's located on the server into the sql database. I've read a bunch of articles but none of them show how to just grab a file without using fileupload.
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I have a database table where the user marks files to be downloaded. Subsequently, I browse this table and need to create a fileList to pass to an ActiveX downloader. My routine works locally and on the server for ONLY the first file. I know my logic must be bad, but I cannot find it. All of these files are always in the same server directory which is as follows:
"D:inetpubvhostsWebSite.comsessionVideos"
Sub (GetFileList)
Dim dtVideosSelected As New DataTable
[Code].....
Couldnt think of a good name for this post but I tried my best.I have a button which checks with a FTP server if the text in a textbox exists as a file. If it does then form1 opens.Sometimes the connection check times out.So Is it possible to make a small code like this? if form1.show (doesnt show after 10 seconds) then go back to the beggining try again end if
View 2 Repliesi wanna be able to check if the file "thisfile.exe" exists, and if it does then delete all the other *.exe files it finds but not deleting the "thisfile.exe", how would i be able to do that?
View 10 RepliesI was wondering if anyone could show me how to check if a tag exists?Here is the code that I am using to get the information from the xml.
Dim XmlFile As New XDocument
XmlFile = XDocument.Load(WorkingDirectory & "ToolsMediaInfoMediaInfo.xml")
Dim Manage = XmlFile...<track>
For Each XmlTag In Manage
If XmlTag.FirstAttribute.Value = "General" Then
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This is the standard way of checking if URL exists [code]....
return true; } catch (Exception ex) { return false; } But my problem is that we have to check it for around 100 URL's. It takes more then 2 minutes to check for all as it is trying to get response of all of them. Is there any way that we can check if URL exists without getting complete Response so that total response time is less.
Anyone knows how to check if the file exist before downloading? I'm downloading the file(s) with the following
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In my code, I want to check if a referrer url exists and if the referrer url contains a specific sub string. I know how to check for the sub string:
If( InStr( Request.UrlReferrer.ToString(), "some sub string here" ) > 0 ) Then
But I don't know how to check if a referrer exists or not. No refer exists if the url is entered in manually in the address bar. So I tried this, but this does not work:
If (Not (Request.UrlReferrer.ToString() = "")) And (InStr(Request.UrlReferrer.ToString(), "some sub string here") > 0) Then
how do check if a referrer exists?
I have a windows service which fetches data from various datasources and build a XML file and send it to a webservice. For example first I will get customer details from Oracle Database and build the XML file and then the SQL Server database and build the customer details XML. I am planning to use the same function below to build the customer object irrespective of what the datasource is. But dr("age") column is not available in SQLserver datbase How can I check if a column exists or not.[code]
View 3 RepliesI am trying to check if a folder exist, it doesn't work if the folder name has a space or "_" or "-". .
here is an example of cases that don't work:
"Folder test"
"Folder_test""
"Folder-test"
I know how to make a new directory on an FTP server, but I wanted to know how I can check if a direcogtry exists, and if it exists display a message?
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