>>>Hi all:
>>>
>>>I'm getting intermittent instances where vfp can't recognize a file reference like in
>>>
>>>Rename (lcdrive + lcfilename1) to (...)
>>>
>>>I think that this is a result of some setting changed in the network, since the user is also having similar problems with Excel intermittently.
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>
>>Wrap it in TRY CATCH?
>>
>>Tamar
>
>Tamar and Dragan,
>
>Thanks for your suggestions. I did look at the problem in the debugger and the file() function confirmed that the file was there. Before I had a chance to try your solutions, the network guy fixed some caching settings on the network that cleared up the problem. I have asked him for a description of his solution and I will post it if/when I get it.
>
>Thanks!

This is what the network administrator had to say, for what it's worth:

"File caching methods in the registry, we turned caching completely off and it is now working."