SET DEFAULT TO C:\dept a=str(YEAR(DATE()))+"_"+TRANSFORM(MONTH(DATE())-1) SET DEFAULT TO C:\dept\&a gcDelimName = ALIAS( ) + '.xlsx' gcDelimfile = forcepath(m.gcDelimName,'c:\dept\&a') IF !EMPTY(m.gcDelimFile) COPY TO (m.gcDelimFile) type xls& i try xlsx,xl5,and csv ENDIF thanks