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Before We Creating A File Object, We Usually Check That File Exist or Not. For That We Are Using The Exists Method in The File Class

The document discusses how to check if a file exists in VB.NET before creating a File object. It recommends using the File.Exists method, which returns a Boolean value to indicate whether the given file path exists or not. The code sample demonstrates calling File.Exists to check for a test file, and either displaying a message that it exists or creating the file if it doesn't exist.

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Before We Creating A File Object, We Usually Check That File Exist or Not. For That We Are Using The Exists Method in The File Class

The document discusses how to check if a file exists in VB.NET before creating a File object. It recommends using the File.Exists method, which returns a Boolean value to indicate whether the given file path exists or not. The code sample demonstrates calling File.Exists to check for a test file, and either displaying a message that it exists or creating the file if it doesn't exist.

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How to check a File exist or not ?

Before we creating a File object , we usually check that File exist or not. For
that we are using the Exists method in the File class.

Syntax : File.Exists(FilePath) as Boolean

FilePath : The name of the File

Boolean : Returns true or false , if File exist it Returns true else


Returns false

VB.NET : File.Exists("c:\testFile.txt")

The following VB.NET source code shows these operations :

Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If File.Exists("c:\testFile.txt") Then
'shows message if testFile exist
MsgBox("File 'testFile' Exist ")
Else
'create the file testFile.txt
File.Create("c:\testFile.txt")
MsgBox("File 'testFile' created ")
End If
End Sub
End Class

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