>>Hi BB
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>>That didn't work either. Besides, how would FILE() work if its arguments aren't on the VFP path?
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>>Thanks
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>>Terry
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>It works great if you send full path to it.

That's the point. I don't know the path.

>I prefer to use EMPTY(SYS(2000, [.....])) instead of FILE() becuase it return correct values event the file with the same name exists in current path.
>BTW what do you mean with "it didn't work"?
>FILE() return .f.?

Well, like you and I say, FILE() works if you send it the whole path, but I can't guarantee where the cursor will end up, and it's not on the VFP path. I don't understand about sys(2000). How will it ever find the file in the vastnaess of the network and local drive, uif no path is provided?