It works. Thanks a lot.
regards, Arien de Haan



Bob Phillips Wrote:
Best to add a UDF

Function BookExists(wb As String)
BookExists = Len(Dir(wb)) 0
End Function

and use like

=IF(BookExists("C:\myfile.xls"), "yes","no")

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I would like to make a True/False statement in an excel-formula that
checks
if a certain file exists on the harddisk or not.
There must be some kind of VBA statement for that.

Please let me know if you can help me. Thanks.

Arien de Haan
Eindhoven, NL


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