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It's correct in returning false. You are passing the path of a directory and asking if it exists as a file, which it doesn't.<br />
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If you want to check for the existence of a file then you need to pass the path AND name of the file.
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It's correct in returning false. You are passing the path of a directory and asking if it exists as a file, which it doesn't.

If you want to check for the existence of a file then you need to pass the path AND name of the file.

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Thanks All<br />
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Andy
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The following code in a windows service alway returns false:<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim f As New IO.FileInfo(sourceFolder)<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; If f.Exists = 1 Then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LogError(&quot;FILE EXISTS &quot;&nbsp;&amp; f.FullName)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Else<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; LogError(&quot;FILE DOES NOT EXIST &quot;&nbsp;&amp; f.FullName)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; End If<br />
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This is the value of f - - C:\FileExchange\Appointmen<wbr />ts\Pending<wbr /><br />
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And it contains the file -- Text Document.txt<br />
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I won't always know the name of the text file, and there may be 1 or more. I need to check that there are files in the folder before I process them.<br />
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What wrong?<br />
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Andy
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The following code in a windows service alway returns false:

        Dim f As New IO.FileInfo(sourceFolder)

        If f.Exists = 1 Then
            LogError("FILE EXISTS " & f.FullName)
        Else
            LogError("FILE DOES NOT EXIST " & f.FullName)
        End If

This is the value of f - - C:\FileExchange\Appointments\Pending


And it contains the file -- Text Document.txt

I won't always know the name of the text file, and there may be 1 or more. I need to check that there are files in the folder before I process them.

What wrong?

Andy

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