>>>>If FILE returns .F. it means that this file is not in the path. Verify the spelling of the classlibrary and that the file is where it is supposed to be.
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>>>But then why would the first line (now commented out) work, I have just copy pasted for the messagebox()es
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>>1. Have you verified that the file exists where it is supposed to be?
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>>All other questions are irrelevant until this one is answered.
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*loODBC           = NEWOBJECT("cODBC", "C:\VSO3\Common\Libs\cVSONoSCNonVisualUtilities.vcx")
>MESSAGEBOX(LOWER("C:\VSO3\Common\Libs\")$LOWER(SET("PATH")))
>MESSAGEBOX(FILE(UPPER("cVSONoSCNonVisualUtilities.vcx")))
>MESSAGEBOX(FILE("cvsonoscnonvisualutilities.vcx"))
>MESSAGEBOX(FILE("C:\VSO3\Common\Libs\cvsonoscnonvisualutilities.vcx"))
>MESSAGEBOX(FILE(LOWER("C:\VSO3\Common\Libs\cvsonoscnonvisualutilities.vcx")))
>MESSAGEBOX(FILE(UPPER("C:\VSO3\Common\Libs\cvsonoscnonvisualutilities.vcx")))
>loODBC           = NEWOBJECT("cODBC", "cVSONoSCNonVisualUtilities.vcx")

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>.T. (folder name found in SET("PATH"))
>.F.
>.F.
>.T.
>.T.
>.T.
>then NEWOBJECT() fails.
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>I have copied the name/pathname from explorer so there are no misleading letter-case for the last 4 MESSAGEBOX()es. Why does it not like the vcx name alone?

I think the problem may be with set path. Can you post the entire SET('path') statement or examine it closely. Try to set path to C:\VSO3\Common\Libs\ at the beginning of set path statement and see if this would make a difference.