# Exception when trying to FTP upload with a empty file set

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**Created:** [July 29, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/exception-when-trying-to-ftp-upload-with-a-empty-file-set/6820 "2020-07-29T21:10:32Z")
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### Author: ![dressel1](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@dressel1](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/dressel1)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/exception-when-trying-to-ftp-upload-with-a-empty-file-set/6820/3 "2020-07-30T23:16:52Z")

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I created a group and tried the following VB code:

**SkipAction = %NewTRAKBuilds.IsEmpty%**

which gives me an exception:

Invalid character  
Line: 2  
Char : 14

I then tried:

**SkipAction = NewTRAKBuilds.IsEmpty**

and get the exception:

Object doesn’t support this property or method: ‘NewTRAKBuilds.IsEmpty’  
Line: 2  
Char : 1

I don’t have NewTRAKBuilds defined as a variable–I would not know what type of variable to define it as.

Thank you,

Ed Dressel

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