Look at the System.IO.Directory class. It has an Exists method.

BOb


>Bonnie,
>No I do not want any user interaction. I have a specific file MySpecialFile.dat (hardcoded filename) that I want to search for on local drives or on My Computer (local and network drives). The file might or might not exist. If it does exist I want to know what directory the file is in and if the file doesn't exist well then the user is SOL :)
>
>Some pseudo-code:
>if (SearchForFile("mYSpecialFile.dat"))
> Get the directory where MySpecialFile.dat is located and do my stuff
>else
> Tell the user in a friendly way that he/she is SOL ;)
>
>Hope this helps so that you can help me :)
>
>Thanks,
>Einar
>
>
>>Einar,
>>
>>Do you mean having the user select a file? If so, something like this would work:
>>

>>System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog oSelectFile = new System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog();
>>DialogResult dr = oSelectFile.ShowDialog();
>>
>>if(dr == DialogResult.OK)
>>{
>>  // oSelectFile.FileName contains the name of the file selected.
>>}
>>

>>
>>~~Bonnie
>>
>>>How would I go about searching for a file on My Computer at run time?
>>>I might want to narrow the search down to only local drives, in that case how can I get an array or collection of local drives?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Einar