DriveExists Method

Description

Returns True if the specified drive exists; False if it does not.

PowerBASIC Syntax

METHOD DriveExists ( _

BYVAL bstrDriveSpec AS STRING _

) AS INTEGER

Arguments

bstrDriveSpec

BSTR. A drive letter or a complete path specification.

Return Value

Boolean. VARIANT_TRUE or VARIANT_FALSE.

Remarks

For drives with removable media, the DriveExists method returns true even if there are no media present. Use the IsReady property of the IDrive interface to determine if a drive is ready.

Example [PowerBASIC]

#INCLUDE "windows.inc"

#INCLUDE "scrrun.inc"

DIM fso AS IFileSystem

DIM iExists AS INTEGER

' Create an instance of the FileSystemObject

fso = NEWCOM "Scripting.FileSystemObject"

' Check if the drive exists

iExists = fso.DriveExists(UCODE$("C:"))

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