Can I verify a file exists before I LoadImage()?

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WarpZone

Woot. Wrapped it all up in a nice clean function I can call from anywhere within my program with just one line. :)

'This code is public domain, yada yada yada.

'Tries to load an image at runtime, uses a default image if none exists.
'Note: if default image does not exist, the app still crashes!
'This was not meant as a crashfix, but as a placeholder for missing art assets during game development!

Function dynamicLoadImage:TImage(prefix:String="", n:Int=0,suffix:String="")
  Local image:TImage
    ' Load in the required Images...
    'Ensure backgroundImage exists before loading.
    Local sFileName:String=prefix+n+suffix 
    Print sFileName
    If FileType(sFileName)=1 Then
      image = LoadImage(sFileName)
    Else
      image = LoadImage("graphics\null.png")
    EndIf 
    Return image
End Function


'Example of usage
Local BackgroundImage:TImage
BackgroundImage = dynamicLoadImage("graphics\stage", Level,".png")

Think this is worth adding to the code archive? It certianly was exactly what I was looking for. :)