whats wrong with this short (5 line) code?

[dimava]

    If Not Dir("c:\dimava.dat", vbNormal Or vbReadOnly Or vbHidden Or _
        vbSystem Or vbArchive) = "" Then
        Form1.Visible = True
    End If

[HeSaidJoe]

what are your trying to do

[RAMOSF]

?????
what do you wanna do?

[dimava]

for the record everty button post When that file is there I want the form to be visible so that I can see all the keys presses (the text box)

[HeSaidJoe]

it works this way.
Dim MySize
MySize = FileLen("c:\my documents\myfile.txt") ' Returns file length (bytes).

If MySize = "" Then
MsgBox "no file"
Else
MsgBox "FILE"
End If

[kedaman]

HeSaidJoe, you get an error if there's no file, and no file for 0-length files, so using dimivas sample:

on error resume next
If ""<>Dir("c:\dimava.dat", vbNormal Or vbReadOnly Or vbHidden Or vbSystem Or vbArchive) = "" Then
    if not err then Form1.Visible = True
End If

[Joacim Andersson]

When you're using the Or operator on all the flag values (vbNormal, vbHidden and so on) you're actually adding them together.
So the dir function will return an empty string if not all attributes are set on the file.

[kedaman]

I don't think that's the case Joacim, dir is for listing files, and it won't list for instance hidden files unless you turn that flag on, but the normal files will be listed

[Joacim Andersson]

Yes you're probably right. I'm just tired and confused.

BTW Kedaman
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[Jop]

Err. I'm sorry?

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