>is there a way to disallow closing the box in getfile without selecting a file - in other words disallow a blank selection.
>
>(disallow blank - code??)
>gcTableName = GETFILE('txt', 'Convert file:')
>
>thanks for your help
>
>k

gcTableName = ""
DO WHILE EMPTY(gcTableName)
     gcTableName = GetFile('txt','Convert File')
     IF EMPTY(gcTableName)
         MessageBox("Please select a file for converting")
     ENDIF
ENDDO

You might want to provide your user a way out without choosing a file in case they changed their mind and don't want to convert any files right now.