Question

I want my application to look for a file in drive C’s specific folder (say C:\myFolder\abc.mdb), if found just give a message if not, make the folder in drive C:\ and then copy the file.

How to do this?
Thanks
Furqan

Answer 1

You could use the File, Directory, and Path objects in the System.IO as shown below:

Imports System.IO

...

Dim path As String = "C:\myFolder\abc.mdb"

If File.Exists(path) Then
     'TODO write code to create message'
Else
     Dim folder As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(path)
     If Not Directory.Exists(folder) then
         Directory.CreateDirectory(folder)
     End If
     'TODO code to copy file from current location to the newly created directory path'
     'i.e. File.Copy(FileToCopy, NewCopy)'
End If