Hi Borislav,

I thought SYS(2000 always return from disc, not inside the app? My problem simply was that the files I was checking for where could be found via SYS(2000. I guess Sergeys message should solve the problem.

Thanks anyway
Agnes
>>Hi all,
>>
>>how can I determine that a file is inside the app?
>>
>>The file exists inside and outside the app and will be found using FILE() as well as SYS(2000,).
>>
>>Agnes
>
>Try:
>

>TEXT TO lcSTRING NOSHOW
>     LPARAMETERS lcFullFileName
>     RETURN NOT EMPTY(SYS(2000,lcFullFileName))
>ENDTEXT
>IF EXECSCRIPT(lcSTRING,[c:\somefile.txt])
>   ** File Exists
>ELSE
>   ** File Does not Exists
>ENDIF
>

>
>Not tested at all :-)