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  1. Aug 21st, 2000, 01:32 PM #1
    shippyatdrexel
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    Question

    This should be an easy question for you guys...

    At the beginning of my program, I want to see if a folder exists, and if it does, I want to delete it. Dir() does not seem to be working. It is still drawing a "" when I know the folder exists. This is my code:

    If Dir(App.Path & "\temp") <> "" Then RmDir (App.Path & "\temp")

    How do I get this to work?
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  2. Aug 21st, 2000, 01:37 PM #2
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    Try this:
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    If Dir(App.Path & "\temp", vbDirectory) Then
    Or you could just try to remove the folder and catch the error if it doesn't exist:
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    On Error Resume Next
RmDir App.Path & "\Temp"
    Good luck!
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  3. Aug 21st, 2000, 01:48 PM #3
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    Worked great, Joacim. Thank you.
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  4. Aug 21st, 2000, 01:48 PM #4
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    Joacim, you get an typemismatch with just a string
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    If len(Dir(App.Path & "\temp", vbDirectory)) Then
    Use
    writing software in C++ is like driving rivets into steel beam with a toothpick.
    writing haskell makes your life easier:
    reverse (p (6*9)) where p x|x==0=""|True=chr (48+z): p y where (y,z)=divMod x 13
    To throw away OOP for low level languages is myopia, to keep OOP is hyperopia. To throw away OOP for a high level language is insight.
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  6. Aug 21st, 2000, 01:52 PM #5
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    Kedaman's right. I used

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     If Dir(App.Path & "\temp", vbDirectory) <> "" Then
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  7. Aug 21st, 2000, 02:02 PM #6
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    Yes of course! This is what's happening when you type the code directly into the post.
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  8. Aug 21st, 2000, 02:22 PM #7
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    Hehe, which usually happens to me but obviously it happens to everyone
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    writing software in C++ is like driving rivets into steel beam with a toothpick.
    writing haskell makes your life easier:
    reverse (p (6*9)) where p x|x==0=""|True=chr (48+z): p y where (y,z)=divMod x 13
    To throw away OOP for low level languages is myopia, to keep OOP is hyperopia. To throw away OOP for a high level language is insight.
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