Subject Re: Directory verification From Charlie <tm@tc.com> Date Tue, 18 Apr 2017 09:27:56 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi Heinz... Thanks so much for your help on this.  I did implement this into the code and it worked really well.  I used the drive code also. I am closing in on finishing the deployment.   Learned a lot thinks to you.  I finally figured out that I needed to re-name the .iss file as any time I updated dbase in the project it affected that file.  Now it works great and I can see what any changes I make in the structure do without changing the .iss file. Hopefully I'll be done by tomorrow.  Could be something I can't figure out.  If that's the case I will post it here. Charlie Heinz Kesting Wrote: > Hi Charlie, > > Is it possible to verify if directories on a computer outside dbase exist? > > > > More on this. While VALIDDRIVE() only checks if the specified DRIVE is > valid or present, you can use the following TRY construct to test for an > existing directory: > > private cCurDir // PRIVATE is important here > cCurDir = set("DIRECTORY") // save current dir > try >     cd "D:\folder1\folder2\folder3" // example folder >     set directory to &cDir. // switch back to previous dir > catch (exception e)  // catch error if not existing >     msgbox("No such folder") > endtry > > If the command CD ... is successful, the directory is actually changed, > but if you don't want this to happen right now, and only need to know if > the folder exists, then you may want to switch back to the folder you > were working in before. That's why the storage of the current folder at > the beginning. > > If you need more functions for working with folders, you could use the > Windows FileSystemObject. This would provide functions like > FolderExists(), CreateExists() and DeleteFolder() > > Kind regards, Heinz