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36 <topic id=
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37 <title id=
"tit" xml-lang=
"en-US">FileExists Function [Runtime]
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38 <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/
03020415.xhp
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41 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
42 <lastedited date=
"2004-09-01T15:32:29">converted from old format - fpe
</lastedited>
46 <section id=
"fileexists">
47 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3148946"><bookmark_value>FileExists function
</bookmark_value>
49 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3148946" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"1" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"1"><link href=
"text/sbasic/shared/03020415.xhp" name=
"FileExists Function [Runtime]">FileExists Function [Runtime]
</link></paragraph>
50 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3153361" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"2">Determines if a file or a directory is available on the data medium.
</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3150447" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"3">Syntax:
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id3154685" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"4">FileExists(FileName As String | DirectoryName As String)
</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3154126" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"5">Return value:
</paragraph>
55 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3150769" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"6">Bool
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph role=
"heading" id=
"hd_id3153770" xml-lang=
"en-US" level=
"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"7">Parameters:
</paragraph>
57 <paragraph role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147349" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"8">FileName | DirectoryName: Any string expression that contains an unambiguous file specification. You can also use
<link href=
"text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp" name=
"URL notation">URL notation
</link>.
</paragraph>
58 <embed href=
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60 <paragraph role=
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"2" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">Example:
</paragraph>
61 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id3145272" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10">sub ExampleFileExists
</paragraph>
62 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id3147317" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"12">msgbox FileExists(
"C:\autoexec.bat")
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id3153190" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"13">msgbox FileExists(
"file:///d|/bookmark.htm")
</paragraph>
64 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id3148645" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"14">msgbox FileExists(
"file:///d|/private")
</paragraph>
65 <paragraph role=
"code" id=
"par_id3149262" xml-lang=
"en-US" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"15">end sub
</paragraph>