Check file existence and attributes

Check the existence of a file and it's attributes (DateCreated, DateLastModified, DateLastAccessed)

Original Author: AepS

Inputs

Path and file name.

Assumptions

You must have a textbox called txtFileName, two command buttons called cmdFileExist and cmdFileAttributes.

Code

Private Sub cmdFileExist_Click()
Dim FSO, _
  FileName As String, _
  DoExist As Boolean

Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
FileName = txtFileName
DoExist = FSO.FileExists(FileName)
MsgBox DoExist, , "Check Existence"
End Sub

Private Sub cmdFileAttributes_Click()
Dim FSO, F
Dim FileName As String

FileName = txtFileName
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set F = FSO.GetFile(FileName)
MsgBox "Created : " & F.DateCreated & Chr(13) & _
   "Last Modified : " & F.DateLastModified & Chr(13) & _
   "Last Accessed : " & F.DateLastAccessed, , "Check Attributes"
End Sub

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Posted: 2003-06-01
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Visual Basic 6

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