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JS Does File Exist

 		7/26/2022 2:57:30 AM
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 asawyer13 authorDevClub member

I want to check to see if a particular file exists on the local system.

If it doesn't, I want to hide a button that's on my list page.

var myfile = new File("help/File1.html");

if (!myfile.exists) {
$("a[id^=Help_Button_37]").hide();
}

I believe the hide of the button works by itself, but not working if the file doesn't exist.

Alan
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 		asawyer13 authorDevClub member 7/26/2022

The code is in the Javascript On Load event of the List Page
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 		asawyer13 authorDevClub member 7/26/2022

Well I thought the hide button code worked, but now not so sure.

Can someone show me the right way to do this? Either in JS or PHP.

Alan
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 		asawyer13 authorDevClub member 7/26/2022

I think I can do this in php code in the Before Display event.

Let me try that.

Alan
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 		asawyer13 authorDevClub member 7/26/2022

So I decided to do in the Before Display event

$filename = 'help/file1.html';

if (file_exists($filename)) {
} else {
$pageObject->hideItem("Help_Button");
}

Seems to work just perfectly.

Alan
Admin 7/26/2022

Javascript doesn't have access to the file system so you can only use PHP for this kind of task.