Validation question: checking files in directory

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lightman
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Validation question: checking files in directory

Post by lightman » Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:30 am

Hi everybody!

I want to check the existence of some special files in a directory in the Windows explorer.
Is this possible?

Example:
Open Application: C:\Program Files\test\file1.jar and so on.
Validation: file1.jar exists

Maybe it's possible to create a list of files which will be checked?

Thanks for your help.

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Re: Validation question: checking files in directory

Post by odklizec » Wed Dec 01, 2021 10:59 am

Hi,

In my opinion, the best way to achieve what you want is to use C# code, e.g. File.Exists() method.
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/file-exis ... -examples/

Eventually, use Directory.GetFiles() method to obtain the list of files and check the existence of certain file via foreach loop...
https://stackoverflow.com/a/58978165

Using Explorer and UI is a waste of time and energy for this particular task ;)
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Re: Validation question: checking files in directory

Post by Elena_v » Mon Dec 13, 2021 1:18 pm

Code: Select all

using System.IO;

string path = "C:/myfolder/";
if (File.Exists(path)) 
{
    Ranorex.Report.Info(path, "file exists");
}