I also tried it in vfp6sp5 and there too, no change of current path. Please re-check.

>Hi Peter,
>I don't know, I still with VFP6 SP5 .
>I use this wrapper for years now because of this particular
>reason. If getfile() is fixed in later versions then voila!
>All chilldren happy :)
>
>Rgds++
>
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>>
>>Huh? Getfile() does not change directory in my versions of vfp: 7 and 9.
>>So, IMO, no wrapper is required.
>>
>>>Here is my wrapper function handling this isuue.
>>>Next to saving current folder it also lets u start search starting from particular path.
>>>
>>>

>>>function svgetfile
>>>    lparameters cPath,cExt
>>>    local  sv_path,aa
>>>    sv_path=allt(sys(5)) + allt(sys(2003))
>>>    if directory(cPath)
>>>        set default to (cPath)
>>>    endif
>>>    aa=getfile(iif(empty(cExt),'',cExt))
>>>    set default to (sv_path)
>>>    return aa
>>>

>>>
>>>
>>>Rgds++
>>>Sergio
>>>
>>>>When I issue a GETFILE() and the client navigates to a new folder, does that have any affect on my VFP application? Do I need to save something prior to the GETFILE() and then reset it?
>>>>
>>>>Brenda