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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">FileExists Function [Runtime]</title>
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33<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3148946"><bookmark_value>FileExists function</bookmark_value>
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35<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148946" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020415.xhp" name="FileExists Function [Runtime]">FileExists Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
36<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153361" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Determines if a file or a directory is available on the data medium.</paragraph>
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38<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
39<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154685" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">FileExists(FileName As String | DirectoryName As String)</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154126" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150769" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Bool</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153770" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">FileName | DirectoryName: Any string expression that contains an unambiguous file specification. You can also use <link href="text/sbasic/shared/00000002.xhp" name="URL notation">URL notation</link>.</paragraph>
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46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145272" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">sub ExampleFileExists</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147317" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">msgbox FileExists("C:\autoexec.bat")</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153190" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">msgbox FileExists("file:///d|/bookmark.htm")</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">msgbox FileExists("file:///d|/private")</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149262" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">end sub</paragraph>
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