The ng:fileExist Xpath function has this format:
ng:fileExist(path)
where path contains the path to a file, that should be verified.
The function returns true, if the file exists and false, if the file does not exist.
The function can e.g. be used for verifying, if a file exists before you try to embed it in a PDF file.
Examples
On the Windows platform you can use this expression:
ng:fileExist('C:\temp\testfile.txt')
On the IBM i you can e.g. use this to verify if an image is found in the IFS with this expression:
ng:fileExist('/IFormNG2/MyImages/CHKPRE.png')ng:fileExist('//QNTC/MyServer/Share/filename.pdf')
Related function is ng:resourceExist.
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