Question

In my vb.net winform application, I am moving the file (ex: sample.xls from one folder to another. If file already exists with the same name, the new file name should be incremented (ex:sample(1).xls). How can i acheive this?

Answer 1

Hi here’s a pretty “procedural” answer:

Dim counter As Integer = 0

Dim newFileName As String = orginialFileName

While File.Exists(newFileName)
    counter = counter + 1
    newFileName = String.Format("{0}({1}", orginialFileName, counter.ToString())
End While

you will need an imports statement for System.IO