Thanks for asking me to post the code, I had failed to put a closing ) in my insert statement.

IF FILE(gcNoteFile)
  lcFileString=FILETOSTR(gcNoteFile)
  lcCmd=[Insert into dbo.NoteCab (Meetingnumber,NoteDesc,SignedNoteData) values (?thisform.meetid,?gcNoteFile,?lcFileString)]
  IF SQLEXEC(gnConnHandle,lcCmd)<1
	=SQLERROR(program(),program(),transform(lineno()),thisform.name)
	SET STEP ON 
  ENDIF 
ENDIF 

Kirk