Case solved, and of course it's my fault. The .txt file created is supposed to be named with the user's name that they use for the VFP app, but instead I had it named from their network user_name value and in my case it's the same for both explaining why it worked for me! uh!


>Are the drive mappings different for you than for others?
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>Do you have an error trap thats supressing an earlier error? In your code, you reference some directories... are they there for other users?
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>Boris kinda touched on this, but try parking the file in a subdir of the P drive, not out at the root.
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>>>>I do appreciate your time!!
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>>>>>>To further test this, I logged on to a user's computer and performed the task, W/O the error!!! The offending code "append from (zn) delimited" does not offend when my account performs the task. But the error message the users get "FILE DOES NOT EXIST" still remains a mystery. Seems to be erroneous.
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>>>>>How did you log to user's PC? Walked there and logged under your name? Then it looks like a read-write access issue.
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>>>>>I don't have ideas how to solve the problem and can only wish you good luck!
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>>>Timothy,
>>>Can you log as ordinary user and try to create that file on P: and then copy it back to C: not from VFP but with Explorer?
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>>sure can, I can create it, delete it, and move it anywhere.