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giba YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 11	How can I check if xml file exists? Mar 4th, 2010, 9:45am   How can I check if xml file exists? I am fighting with processing to check if xml file exists. what I need is something like this Code: if (file.xml exists) { do something with it } else { text("There is no xml document", 22, 40); } please someone help!

antiplastik YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 699 France	Re: How can I check if xml file exists? Reply #1 - Mar 4th, 2010, 10:12am   Code: File f = new File(dataPath("file.xml")); if (!f.exists()) {  println("File does not exist"); } dataPath() helps you finding the path of a file located in your sketch's data folder.

giba YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 11	Re: How can I check if xml file exists? Reply #2 - Mar 4th, 2010, 10:19am   Yes! That's it! I was going crazy with this code. Thanks!