Scripting: attachProxy if exists

[ReginaldUser555]

Is there a way to check if a file exists before using attachProxy() ?

This is my workaround:

if (app.sourceMonitor.openFilePath(proxyFileURL)){
    pItem.attachProxy(proxyFileURL,0);
}

 It works well, but I was wondering if there was a cleaner way?

[Dan McSweeney · Accepted solution]

Hi ReginaldUser555,

Great question. File Object might help you, it's documented here:

https://extendscript.docsforadobe.dev/file-system-access/file-object.html#file-object

so, for example, if you have a file named blahblah.prproj on your desktop;

var myProj = new File('/Users/<myusername>/Desktop/blahblah.prproj');

if (myProj){
if (myProj.exists){
alert("Yay, " + myProj.fsName + " exists!");
} else {
alert("Boo, " + myProj.fsName + " does not exist!");
}
}

Thanks for contributing to forums,

-Dan

[ReginaldUser555]

That works a treat, thanks Dan