The FORCEEXT() function seems more appropriate here
COPY MEMO rpttable.frtbound TO (FORCEEXT(tcFrx,"FRT"))
>we do.
>like e.g. below
>
>* Extract the FRX/FRT
>COPY MEMO rpttable.frxbound TO (tcFrx)
>COPY MEMO rpttable.frtbound TO (STRTRAN(tcFrx,".FRX",".FRT"))
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