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How to check, if a Directory exist?
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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
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00016354
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>Any one know how to check if a directory exist in VFP5.0. The API of windows 95 must have a function call to do this.
>
>I like to sub-classe the function.

I use for this simple function called CheckDir
lparameter lcDirToFind
local lnIsDir
lnisDir=aDir(awhat,lcDirToFind,"D")
return lnIsDir
so you can use code like this:
if CheckDir("data\myfilesdir")=0
  * do something if directory exists...
else
  * do something if directory does not exist...
endif
Nick
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
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