Re: HELP -- Check Dir in Forms 4.5?!

The flip side is to write a dummy file. If it fails, your directory cannot exist.

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hoyt_chen_at_my-deja.com wrote in message <7ijjks$mad$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Hi Sudip:
>
>Thank you for your reply. It does NOT work in my situation, because I
>can't know what file (even a dummy file) each user has. TEXT_IO.FOPEN
>checks the existance of the file, not the directory.
>Any other suggection?
>
>HC
>
>In article <01bea7fa$cac4a4a0$740a94ad_at_mico4.ban.india.bosch.com>,
> "K.T.Raja" <sudip.roy_at_in.bosch.com> wrote:
>> Using TEXT_IO.FOPEN try to open a dummy file and set a flag if
>successful.
>> Else trap the exception which indicates the directory is not correct.
>>
>> Bye
>> Sudip
>>
>> hoyt_chen_at_my-deja.com wrote in article
><7ihpn0$eh9$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>> > How can I check if a directory exists or not?
>> > (Before I let the user to save file in a folder, I have to check if
>the
>> > folder exists or not in order to set the value of StartDirectory in
>> > WIN_API_DIALOG.SAVE_FILE.)
>> >
>> > OS: Windows 9x/NT, Interface: Forms 4.5
>> >
>> > many thanks.
>> >
>> > Hoyt
>> >
>> >
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Received on Thu May 27 1999 - 09:31:55 CDT