+ wxString strPath(path);
+
+#if defined(__WINDOWS__) && !defined(__WXMICROWIN__)
+ if ( acceptDir )
+ {
+ // Ensure that the path doesn't have any trailing separators when
+ // checking for directories.
+ RemoveTrailingSeparatorsFromPath(strPath);
+ }
+
+ // we must use GetFileAttributes() instead of the ANSI C functions because
+ // it can cope with network (UNC) paths unlike them
+ DWORD ret = ::GetFileAttributes(path.t_str());
+
+ if ( ret == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES )
+ return false;
+
+ if ( ret & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY )
+ return acceptDir;
+
+ // Anything else must be a file (perhaps we should check for
+ // FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT?)
+ return acceptFile;