Automatically check a checkbox if file exists

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I want to create a program such that if the file exists, the checkbox will auto check.

What I have tried:

C#

private void autoCheckChkBoxes(CheckBox theChkBox, TextBox theTxtBox)
    {
       private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  //check whether the file is exist or not
  if (string curFile = @"C:\s\test.txt")
  {

  }
  else
  {

  }
}

Posted 21-Jul-17 15:43pm

Asyraf Patt

Updated 21-Jul-17 21:29pm

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Graeme_Grant 21-Jul-17 22:01pm

Is this a WinForm, WPF, or Xamarin app?

Asyraf Patt 21-Jul-17 22:09pm

Winform

Graeme_Grant 21-Jul-17 22:12pm

see below... Please mark as solved if you find it useful.

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kp564 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-21T21:29:00

Solution 2

C#

private void button3_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    autoCheckChkBoxes(checkBoxObj,TextBox);
}
private void autoCheckChkBoxes(CheckBox theChkBox, TextBox theTxtBox)
{
   string curFile = @"C:\s\test.txt"
   theChkBox.checked=system.IO.File.Exist(curFile);
}

Hope it works for you.

Posted 21-Jul-17 21:29pm

kp564

Updated 22-Jul-17 0:14am

v2

Graeme_Grant · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-21T15:58:00

Solution 1

Have you tried using google search? c# check if file exists - Google Search[^] - there are a tonne of examples of how to do what you want...

C#

theChkBox.IsChecked = System.IO.File.Exists(theTxtBox.Text);

** UPDATE **

How to do it automatically...

C#

private void theTextBox_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    theCheckBox.Checked = System.IO.File.Exists(theTextBox.Text);
}

Posted 21-Jul-17 15:58pm

Graeme_Grant

Updated 21-Jul-17 16:33pm

v3

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Asyraf Patt 21-Jul-17 22:14pm

checkBox10.Checked = System.IO.File.Exists(@"c:\path\to\file.txt") ? true : false;

this is my solution so far. If the file exist, the output will show"file exist" but the check box still remain uncheck

Graeme_Grant 21-Jul-17 22:17pm

System.IO.File.Exists already returns true or false, so you don't need to test the boolean result - see my WPF code - Winform is very similar.

Asyraf Patt 21-Jul-17 22:24pm

checkBox1.Checked = System.IO.File.Exists(@"c:\path\to\files.txt");

like this ? but the checkbox still remain uncheck. why ?

Graeme_Grant 21-Jul-17 22:34pm

Look above at my answer ... It might be a good idea to learn how to use the debugger so that you can check what your code is actually doing:

Basic Debugging with Visual Studio 2010 - YouTube[^]