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Check Folder Existence using VBA

During the automating some task in VBA, many times we need to check that a folder is exits or not. For example if you want to create or delete a folder using VBA then you should check first whether that folder exits for not. If that folder exits then you take your next action. It method can prevent you from an error Check Folder Existence.

In this article you will learn how to create a User defined function in VBA to check a folder exits for not. This function will return True for False.

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Check Folder Existence

 

Check Folder Existence
Check Folder Existence

Below the VBA code for Folder Existence Function.

Option Explicit

Function Folder_Existence(MyPath As String) As Boolean

Application.Volatile

If VBA.Dir(MyPath, vbDirectory) = "" Then

    Folder_Existence = False

Else

    Folder_Existence = True

End If

End Function

 

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