In vb.net how do you check if a ANY directory exists inside a directory I would need to know if there is a folder inside the c:windows directory (WITHOUT knowing if there is ANY directory is in there).
View 4 RepliesI 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?
View 2 Repliestext boxes. (Where Combo box1 is the Drive Letter, Combo Box2 is a folder, And Text box is another folder. ie.
If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists("ComboBox1.Text & " " & ComboBox2.Text & " " & Textbox1.Text") Then
MsgBox("File found.")
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I can't seem to work this out... I've got a program that references a network path. The problem is that the network files are not found when I run the program from various computers. If I have the user navigate to the network path directoy and then run the program it works perfectly.
The problem is that whenever the machine is restarted I run into the same problem and have to manually navigate to that path before the program will be able to find the files.
I then tried several checks to see if the directory exists but it's not working.
Public Sub FillListBox()
If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists("\AB eamportalShared%20DocumentsJustin%27s%20AppsFeedback") Then
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How do I check if a directory exists?
View 1 RepliesI 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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i 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 have a security timer to check if the directory exists which I want to access after it's been created by an external application, but what I have done doesn't seem to be the solution although it sounds like a very normal solution to me.
What I have done:
1) External application gets run which is going to create the directory
2) I set the variables to make the timer able to know what to check
3) My application needs to wait till the boolean variable gets set to true, so I put it in a
While:
vb.net
'Non existing files protection
While (Not bDirectoryExists)
If bDirectoryExists Then
Exit While 'In case it got created in the meanwhile
End If
If Not tmrFileCheck.Enabled Then
tmrFileCheck.Enabled = True
End If
End While
4) In my logic, the application should go out of the while now because the variable is set to true, and the code moves on, which never happens..
I'm having trouble finding a reliable method to check if a directory (folder) exists on an FTP server. I want to create new directories and then upload files into them but thought it best to check if the directory already exists. Although attmepting to create a directory that already exists does not seem to cause any errors, it does waste a bit of time.
This code reliably checks if a FILE exists:
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I have attempted to modify this with ListDirectory in place of GetDateTimestamp (to check if a directory exists) but it seems no exception is thrown whether the directory exists or not. I've done lots of Googling but haven't found a satisfactory answer.
I am developing a WinForms Application and have to check if a user belongs to an Active Directory Group.
I tried this snippet of code but i always get the error "object not referenced ..." at line[code]...
I have some problem with copying the file from one Directory to another directory by create the folder if that folder is not exists in destination directory.
Example:
Source path: C: emp est1.txt
destination path: C:Data
[code].....
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 need to access Mozilla FireFox's cache, but the path to it is different in each PC. Well, kind of.
This is the path: C:Users%USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalMozillaFirefoxProfiles*.defaultCache"
The ".default" folder will always have that extension, but the asterisk part is different on each PC.[code]...
I'm using then next method to check if a directory exists but it seems it doesn't work.
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I've read through the above and they all are the same, but I still don't see the answer. I'm doing the following
inDir = "\buxro01-t61"
ValidDir = IO.Directory.Exists(inDir)
I wanted to create a login system that would have 3 tabs 1 for regular login, 1 for admin login and 1 for account creation. So far so good. It saves the accounts by saving them in a .urs file in the map called /Users/. However when this map does not exist it will show a error. I would want to know what code or so to put into the form_load which will make my program create the map /Users/ if it does not exist. As im not familiar with all the codes and stuff. The only thing i can come up with is
Mkdir "/Users/"
but then ofcourse it would create the folder users everytime i start the program. not i was still "Hello Worlding" a few days ago, so i really am unfamiliar with any sort of high-skilled programming which i probably dont understand.
I tried this
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If Directory.Exists("c: estDir1") Then
'shows message if testdir1 exist
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I am getting errors such as:
Exists is not a member of directory
CreateDirectory is not a member of directory....... and so on
How to remove these errors?
I am developing a Windows Service (Yes, windows service) using VB2008 and am having trouble determining whether a remote folder exists.The IF in question goes something like this:
If NOT system.io.directory.exists(strFolder) then
System.io.directory.createdirectory(strFolder)
End if
The problem is that the above test (excluding the NOT) always returns False, regardless of whether the folder exists or not. So, even if the folder exists, the next statement tries to create an already existing folder which does not go well.
The weird part(s) - after some tests
The system.io.directory.exists() works well when I type it in the immediate window for both local and network resources
It also works well when it is within a normal app (that is, not a service) regardless of whether it is local or network resource
The exists() method when in the service works well if the folder being tested is on the local machine, but fails when it is remote network resource, regardless of whether it is a true UNC or a mapped drive.It is not user's rights, as I have tested with both my own user and the localsystem user and have tested with network resources where I do have access rights.When I try to debug, the PC starts playing the Twilight Zone Theme (Ok, I am kidding about this one )Doing some searching I found that others are complaining about the same behavior, but no suitable answer has been found.
I'm building an application which require to use Directory.Exists on a network share UNC path. I know how to use that function, and how to implement it in my code, it's working perfecty locally.
Here my setup:
- VS2003
- .NET 1.1
- It's an Outlook Add-In
Here the code :
Dim realpath as string = "\myserverfolder$subfolder"
Impersonation.ImpersonateUser("admin", "DOMAIN", "adminpass")
Dim isDirExist As Boolean = Directory.Exists(realpath)
If isDirExist = False Then
Directory.CreateDirectory(realpath)
End If
Impersonation.undoImpersonation()
If I build this code, and register it in Outlook with my personnal account (admin), it's working fine, I receive true. If I build this same code, an register it in the Outlook of a normal employee (user only), it's always returning FALSE, no matter if the directory exist or not. The share is set to everyone allow, and I tried giving everyone access to the ACL, and it's the same result.
I was wondering i have a try block setup but need to catch an object exists error so I can continue in my code and ignore that user because she/he exists already in another ou.Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. - "Sherlock holmes" "speak softly and carry a big stick" - theodore roosevelt. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to[url]...
View 4 RepliesI currently have a bunch of text files I need to edit in a folder, I need to edit each file and remove the same line but not all files have this line, so I need to create a script that needs to check if the line exists then remove it.I have 1000s of files, that's why I need help to be able to create a script that does it for me instead of me editing each one manually.I am not sure on how to do this, but I am sure it is not difficult for people that have good experience with VB.net.
View 8 RepliesI have a process serves as an application updater.It checks it's local cache of files and compares this against list of files online.On it's first run there are no files in the local cache and it therefore downloads ~100 of these files.[code]This appears to work very well, since Explorer confirms that all files are extracted and available.However when I later run this process again, it cannot verify the existence of 6 of these files and therefore tries to download them despite the fact that they are clearly both present and up to date.The offending code is a simple File.Exists call which appears to deny the local existence of these files, and therefore tries to get them again.The system continues to work well, but over time the continual downloading of these 6 files is going to get kind of silly.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to find a specific file in a specific directory and then i need to get the full path of the file.Is this possible i cant find any help topics about a specific file.
View 5 RepliesI need some advise how to get a specific file from a directory?for example i want to take all file that have name like "vid" from directory name "film" and in the directory,there are files like "vid12","vid232" how to get all file that have the word vid?
View 1 Repliesi have here a code that allows me to draw on a picturebox, but my problem is i want it to save on a specific directory for example: "C:image". how can i do this?[code..]
View 6 RepliesI'm creating a simple .NET console application where I want to save a file in a folder that's part of the root project, like so: SolutionName.ProjectNameTestData. I want to put test.xml into the TestData folder. However, when I go to save my XDocument, it saves it to SolutionName.ProjectNameinx86Debug Console est.xml.
View 3 Repliesam trying to scan a directory and copy all excel files to a single directoryhere is the codeTry
For Each foundFile In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles("e:datainventory_resultsarchive", FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, "*.xls")
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how to count the content of a specific directory?And how do you delete an old file (ex. say your old program that create a back-up. But it has already created many back-ups and now it takes to much of the space in your hardisk.)
View 3 RepliesI am trying to copy a directory structure and .txt files to a duplicate directory in a different location.
Example:
Source Location: \MyServerProjectsProjectA
This directory will contain .txt files in the following locations that will vary from project to project. So the locations would be unknown going in.
\MyServerProjectsProjectAdocsallfiles.txt
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At the moment I am using this:
Dim Open As New OpenFileDialog
Open.ShowDialog()
TextBox2.Text = Open.FileName
But that only allows me to open specific files. Can I make it so I can open a folder?