Modules: Check to see if a File or Directory exists

(Q)    Is there a simple way to check if a particular file or folder exist?

(A)    Yes,  the Dir function can be easily used for this.

(Thanks Andy Baron for the correction)

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'This code was originally written by Dev Ashish
'It is not to be altered or distributed,
'except as part of an application.
'You are free to use it in any application,
'provided the copyright notice is left unchanged.
'
'Code Courtesy of
'Dev Ashish
'
Function fIsFileDIR(stPath As String, _
                    Optional lngType As Long) _
                    As Integer
'Fully qualify stPath
'To check for a file
'   ?fIsFileDIR("c:\winnt\win.ini")
'To check for a Dir
'   ?fIsFileDir("c:\msoffice",vbdirectory)
'
    On Error Resume Next
    fIsFileDIR = Len(Dir(stPath, lngType)) > 0
End Function
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