FLfile.exists()

Availability

Flash MX 2004 7.2.

Usage

FLfile.exists(fileURI)

Parameters

fileURI A string, expressed as a file:/// URI, that specifies the file you want to verify.

Returns

A Boolean value of true if successful; false otherwise.

Description

Method; determines whether a specified file exists. If you specify a folder in which the file should be created, the folder must already exist. To create folders, see FLfile.createFolder().

Examples

The following example checks for a file called mydata.txt in the temp folder and displays an alert box indicating whether the file exists:

var fileURI = "file:///c|/temp/mydata.txt";
if (FLfile.exists(fileURI)) {
    alert( fileURI + " exists.");
}
else {
    alert( fileURI + " does not exist.");
}

The following example checks to see if a required configuration file exists in the MyApplication folder. If the file doesn't exist, it is created.

var configFile = "file:///C|/MyApplication/config.ini";
if (!FLfile.exists(configFile)) {
     FLfile.write(configFile,"");

}