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 and a filename, the folder must already exist. To create folders, see FLfile.createFolder() (../FLfile_object/FLfile1.md).

#### Examples

javascript
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,"");

}

FLfile.write() (../FLfile_object/FLfile15.md)