[RESOLVED] How to check if a file on a server exists or not

[Netmaster]

Hi,

How can I check if a file exists on a server?

Let's supposed that I want to check if "http://www.mywebsite.com/mytextfile.txt" exists.
How can I do that?

I tried to do this but it does not work:

 Dim fso As New FileObject

        If fso.FileExists("http://www.mywebsite.com/mytextfile.txt") Then
                 MsgBox("exists")
        Else
            MsgBox("File not found")
        End If

Thank you in advance for your help,

Andrea

[enrico1982]

this link should help:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3...-ftpwebrequest

its in c#, convert to vb tool here:
http://www.developerfusion.com/tools.../csharp-to-vb/

HTH

[Netmaster]

Wow That converter almost worked all the way! thank you!

I am not trying to connect via FTP but the code should work anyway!
Here is what I did with what you gave me:

            Dim request = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create _
            ("http://www.mywebsite.com/mytextfile.txt"), WebRequest)

            Try
                Dim response As WebResponse = DirectCast(request.GetResponse(), WebResponse)
            Catch ex As WebException

                Dim response As WebResponse = DirectCast(ex.Response, WebResponse)
                MsgBox("no exist")
            End Try

If the file does not exists the msgbox come out telling me "no exist" GREAT IT WORKS!
But if the file exists what should i do? How can i implement:
if the file exists msgbox ("yes, the file exists")


Thanks a lot,

Andrea

[Netmaster]

sorry i just figured it out!

 Dim response As WebResponse = DirectCast(request.GetResponse(), WebResponse)
            MsgBox("exist")
        Catch ex As WebException
            Dim response As WebResponse = DirectCast(ex.Response, WebResponse)
            MsgBox("no exist")

Now I try to implement more stuff and see if I can get it to work!
I will report back soon.

Thank you,

Andrea

[Netmaster]

Well... what to say...
That converter works quite well!
Amazing!
Thanks a lot Enrico! Awesome!

Regards,

Andrea