Well I am tying to open a file for reading which does not exist and thus getting an erro message. How to check whether a file is existing before I open it for reading?

I am using VB.NET and doing windows application :)

hi there..

im using this to know it: System.IO.File.Exists



HTH

Gonzalo

You could also try:

Dim objReader As StreamReader
Try
objReader = New StreamReader(FileName)
Catch i As System.IO.FileNotFoundException
    msgbox("File not found")
End Try