>Hi Christian
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>>Just wondering, what is the advantage of that code compared with GetFile()?
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>Compared to getfile, none. Getfile RETURNS are uppercase file names. But there are ways to get the propercase strings. When it comes to putfile, there no way out, you get uppercase filenames. Not exactly 2018-level UI for apps that are desktop document-centric ones. There are still a few of them!
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>Daniel

Thanks, I agree that the upper case filenames are extremely annoying, I did not know that there is a difference with the putfile, I thought this was managed by VFP when it receives the output. But of course that makes sense, I will probably then also use the better method in the future.