Can anyone help me with this problem?

Using Turbo Pascal for Windoze 1.5 I am trying to check if a file exists
when a user enters a 8.3 filename.

If the file does not exist I am trying to trap this and tell the user,
but whichever way I try to trap it, I just get a Run-Time error 2 and
cannot proceed.

Any help would be appreciated.

this is the part of the program I am struggling with:-

repeat
        write('Enter the filename : ');
        readln(Filename);
        FileExists(Filename);
        if FileExists(Filename) = False then
                writeln('Error - the file does not exist')
until True;

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JRS:  In article <MPG.f254a1da0aad23989...@news.rmplc.co.uk> of Tue, 13
Jan 1998 09:54:08 in comp.lang.pascal.borland, John

On 1998-01-13 bjro...@nospam.rmplc.co.uk(John) said:
   >Using Turbo Pascal for Windoze 1.5 I am trying to check if a file
   >exists when a user enters a 8.3 filename.
   >If the file does not exist I am trying to trap this and tell the
   >user, but whichever way I try to trap it, I just get a Run-Time
   >error 2 and cannot proceed.
   >Any help would be appreciated.
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This is a short but functional solution.
function exist(fn : string) : boolean;
begin
  exist:=fsearch(fn,'')<>'';
end;
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exist=true if the file exists and false if it doesn't.
Jay

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