Thanks, this will be handy in the future. As per my other reply, it was my mistake in writing out the path!

>>There are no spaces in the path. the parameter to adir is below.
>>
>>lc_skeleton= "\\xxxapp\develop\newdata\xxxlist\xxadvance\2*.*"
>>
>See the second thread I just posted a message to. Try checking this directory first with a DIRECTORY function. If it returns .F., it means it was disconnected.