Sergey,

yes, this one sounds simple enough. I will give it a try next week.

Thanks
Agnes
>Agnes,
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>Just an idea
>- kill search path 'SET PATH TO'
>- switch to directory where file is not presented for sure 'CD whatever'
>The FILE(JUSTFNAME(lcFileName)) should return .T. only if file is included in the EXE
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>>how can I determine that a file is inside the app?
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>>The file exists inside and outside the app and will be found using FILE() as well as SYS(2000,).
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