You don't have to add quotes if you use Name Expression instead of macrosubstitution.

>This is a good one.
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>In VFP 7 when you used Getdir() it would return a DOS compliant folder name something like C:\DOCUME~1\MARK\LOCALS~1\TEMP
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>In 9 if the original directory name is DOS compliant it will use ~ and stuff until you go to the root, then it will return the full folder name with spaces and stuff.
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>I have an application that was written in 7 or earlier, there are quite a few places where I will have to go and put quotes around variables.
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>I would prefer not to do this. Do y’all know of a way to get a DOS compliant folder name from one with the spaces and stuff, and vice versa.
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>For example:
>C:\Program Files\ApplicationDir to c:\Progra~1\Applic~1 and back.
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>I'm just guessing on how the translation is actually done.
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>TIA