>>>>>Does .EXE have to be in the PATH or .EXE simply searches through itself even if it is not in the PATH?
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>>>>No, VFP just searches in EXE.
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>>>What if the exe calls another APP or exe?
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>>Nope, only in the currant EXE (where FILE function is called) :-)
>>Not in ALL EXEs in the disk :-)
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>I meant VFP application calling, say, VFP app as part of it. But I believe it will only search in the first exe and not in any dependent apps (exes).
IIRC FILE() will return .T. for any files included into the module (i.e. APP/EXE) in which the FILE() funciton was called or is available externally. It won't detect presence of a file that was built into a calling APP/EXE.
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