The application requires the existence of a certain text file, say C:\XYZ.txt.

If that file does not already exist on the machine, is it possible by VB code to have Windows create it, as it would in Windows Explorer for example?

I guess one approach might be oAPP of Explorer, but maybe there is a neater way purely from within VB. Calling up EXPLORER might run into difficulties between machines running different versions of EXPLORER under different OS.

camoore