Checking to see if a folder exists

Question

Hello,
  I am trying to save a file to a directory and if the directory does not exist I want to create it.  I have attached an image of a simple vi.  My problem is that when I run the vi and the directory does not exist I get a pop-up error window #7 that says the file was not found.  If I press continue my vi will behave normally and create the directory and file.  The strange thing is, I did a search and found someone with this problem and there was an example file DirTest.vi that someone created.  That file works fine, I do not get an error#7 pop-up window.  But when I try to create the same vi on my machine I get the Error #7 pop-up window.  I have LV version 8.0 and updated to 8.0.1 and I still have the same problem.
Thanks for any help. 
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Answer 1

This would be a better way to do what you're trying to do.  You want to check the error of the File/Directory Info VI for that error code 7 that you get.  This tells you that the file or folder doesn't exist, then you create it.  This way, you won't have to turn off error handling.  This is how I always check if a file exists.
Message Edited by Marc A on 07-12-2006 02:58 PM
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