aqFile.Exists() path containing a space

Thanks for your reply!

 

I have tried performing a search & replace on the path backslashes and that still is returning a False value.  If I hard code a string and try the aqFile.exists() on it - it works... :(       (see examples below)

 

The problem arises when getting the path & filename from my info dialog.  Here is what is in the error log:

 

Check_File_Status :: File Status NOT Correct : |C:\Users\username\Documents\Compass for SW\Jess-js3003_2019-09-27_11-07.pdf| : False : should be True

 

Here is my function : 

 

def Check_File_Exists(file_path_name, expected_status=True):
# params : file_path_name : string = the file|path|drive to check
# expected_status : boolean = the status the file should be

file_status = aqFile.Exists(file_path_name) # check to see if file exists
# file_status = aqFileSystem.Exists(file_path_name)

retVal = file_status == expected_status # return the comparison status

if not retVal:
Log.Warning("Check_File_Status :: File Status NOT Correct : |%s| : %s : should be %s" % (file_path_name, file_status, expected_status))

return retVal

 

Running the hard-coded value works : 

 

def Test1():
the_file = 'C:\\Users\\username\\Documents\\Compass for SW\\Instrument_Reports\\Jess-js3003_2019-09-27_11-07.pdf'
status = CommonUnit.Check_File_Exists(the_file, True)
Log.Message("file status = %s" % status)

 

Anything else you can suggest??

 

Steve

Thank you for your suggestions... I have tried a number of things to get this to work.

 

If the file path is hard coded, it appears to work correctly.  If my script grabs the text from onscreen elements and puts them together (path + filename), it fails.  

 

Here are the test cases that I have using : 

 

Path text from on screen text elements (from JAVA GUI App) - Fails.  Using Python Raw string. : 

 

1) Check_File_Status :: File Status NOT Correct : |C:\\Users\\steven.reiss\\Documents\\"Compass for SW"\\Instrument_Reports\\Jess-js3019_2019-10-01_13-10.pdf| : False : should be True

 

2) Check_File_Status :: File Status NOT Correct : |C:\Users\steven.reiss\Documents\Compass for SW\Instrument_Reports\Jess-js3019_2019-10-01_13-11.pdf| : False : should be True

 

 

Hard-Coded path - Works correctly

 

1) 

 

def Test1():
the_file = 'C:\\Users\\steven.reiss\\Documents\\Compass for SW\\Instrument_Reports\\Jess-js3003_2019-10-01_11-24.pdf'
val = aqObject.GetVarType(the_file)

status = CommonUnit.Check_File_Exists(the_file, True)
Log.Message("file status = %s %s" % (status, val))

Result : file status = True    8  (varOleStr)

 

2) 

def testFileinFolder():
# file_path_name = r'C:\Users\sathishkumark\Desktop\Folder with space\report.pdf'
file_path_name = r'C:\Users\steven.reiss\Documents\Compass for SW\Instrument_Reports\Jess-js3003_2019-10-01_11-24.pdf'
file_status = aqFile.Exists(file_path_name)
Log.Message(aqObject.GetVarType(file_path_name))

if file_status is True:
Log.Checkpoint('File is present under the path specified')
else:
Log.Error('File is Not present under the path specified')

status = CommonUnit.Check_File_Exists(file_path_name, True)
Log.Message("Status = %s" % status)

Result : Status = True

 

Are there any other things you can suggest??