test if a File exist or not?

[alan top]

I'm sorry I meant to say if there is a method that test if a File exist or not? thanks! alantop

[Hamid Taebi]

one way

WIN32_FIND_DATA m_data;
HANDLE hFile;

hFile=FindFirstFile(filename,&m_data)

if(hFile==INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) //file not found

[_AnsHUMAN_]

You can use SHGetFileInfo() The prototype of the function is as follows: DWORD_PTR SHGetFileInfo( LPCTSTR pszPath, DWORD dwFileAttributes, SHFILEINFO *psfi, UINT cbFileInfo, UINT uFlags ); ;-) _AnShUmAn_

[Hamid Taebi]

and PathFileExists

[Joe Woodbury]

Make sure you close the handle if the file is found. Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke

[Hamid Taebi]

sure and thank you use

FindClose(hFile);

[Andy Rama]

Hi, When I use "PathFileExists()" in my MFC code, it is giving me Linking error as follows, Linking... aDlg.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol __imp__PathFileExistsA@4 Debug/a.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals Is ther any Library/ Header File for it? Best Regards, Aniket

[Hamid Taebi]

#include shlwapi.h
and to your project
import shlwapi.lib

[Andy Rama]

Hi, Thanks for your solution. Now PathFileExists" is working. Aniket

[David Crow]

_access(..., 0) is one way.

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