> After the first run of this program, I found out that the append table command does not like to have a memory variable substituted for an actual file name. I started to figure out an alternative way to append my foxpro table. But I do not know enough about how VFP deals with opening/appending files from a form. At this point I'm not sure if VFP is designed to do this.

try macro substitution

myvar=alltrim(thisform.control.value)
APPEND FROM &myvar

HTH

Arnon