Adobe Dreamweaver API Reference CS5 - Manual (Page 11)

6 DREAMWEAVER API REFERENCE
The file I/O API
Last updated 8/27/2013
var fileURL = "file:///c|/Config/myconfig.cfg";
var newURL ="file:///c|/Config/myconfig_backup.cfg";
DWfile.copy(fileURL, newURL);
DWfile.createFolder()
Availability
Dreamweaver 2.
Description
This function creates a folder at the specified location.
Arguments
folderURL
• The folderURL argument, which is expressed as a file:// URL, is the location of the folder you want to create.
Returns
A Boolean value:
true if the folder is created successfully; false otherwise.
Example
The following code tries to create a folder called tempFolder at the top level of the C drive and displays an alert box
that indicates whether the operation was successful:
var folderURL = "file:///c|/tempFolder";
if (DWfile.createFolder(folderURL)){
alert("Created " + folderURL);
}else{
alert("Unable to create " + folderURL);
}
DWfile.exists()
Availability
Dreamweaver 2.
Description
This function tests for the existence of the specified file.
Arguments
fileURL
• The fileURL argument, which is expressed as a file:// URL, is the requested file.
Returns
A Boolean value:
true if the file exists; false otherwise.
Example
The following code checks for the mydata.txt file and displays an alert message that tells the user whether the file exists: