Thanks Greg,
Even if I check the OS version, I'm still stuck with the problem in 2000.
I could always create a form replacement of GETFILE() like you describe below using GETDIR() in conjunction with ADIR() and display files in a picking dialog...
I was wihing for a simpler workaround.
>Not sure of any direct workaround with GETFILE(). This is curious behavior. You could test for the OS version and do conversion as needed. Just an option, I uploaded a GETFILE() replacement form download #
28162 -- this only returns the actual selected file.
Luc Nadeau
lnadeau@neova.ca"the theory, it is when all is known and that nothing works. The practice, it is when all works and that nobody knows why." - Albert Einstein (Nobel of physique 1921)