>I am having trouble getting VFP to process folder names with spaces.
>
>For example, suppose I have a file data1.dbf in a folder "My Documents" and
>I have set a variable DIR1 = "C:\MY Documents".
>
>The commands USE C:\My Documents\data1 or USE &DIR1\data1 do not work.
>
>Is there a way to refer to a folder with a space in it so that it works?

You can use Name expression

USE (DIR1 + "\data1")