Although in a multi-user environment with EXE's on every workstation (therefore, different default directories), that rule regarding unique names doesn't apply...

Take care,
Joe

>>I would like to hear from those who have had
>>problems due to filenames used in vfp.
>>
>>Thanks and have a great day.
>>
>>Becky
>1) Make sure that your file names are not actually VFP reserved words like KEY,CURSOR,STATUS,INDEX
>
>2) In a multi-user environment ALWAYS use unique names for temp files and tables, for example...
>
>STORE SYS(2015) TO tempdbf
>SELECT * FROM mytable INTO TABLE (tempdbf)
>USE (tempdbf) ALIAS TEMPFILE1
>.
>.
>(your procs)
>.
>.
>USE IN TEMPFILE1
>ERASE (tempdbf+".dbf")
>
>//:^)