Excuse me Craig. I think I did'nt explain myself clear enough. You're not the first one to tell me about DBFs.

I meant I wanted to check for existance for text files for example.


>The only way to ensure that you can open a DBF is to attempt to USE it and handle the error if you can't.
>
>>I have a table with file names in in.
>>
>>Is there a way to know if a file is opened?
>>
>>Will I have to use fclose or fcreate?
>>
>>What I'm hoping for (solution) is something like the following
>>
>>

>>If TheFileIsOpen( lcNameOfTheFile)
>>   .
>>   .
>>   .
>>else
>>   .
>>   .
>>   .
>>endif
>>