>>>>>>I have this code:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>lcGenFile = pcDataDir+"\tripsoft.krt"
>>>>>>lcNewGenFile = lcPath+"\tripsoft.krt"
>>>>>>COPY FILE (lcGenFile) TO (lcNewGenFile)
>>>>>>lcGenFile = pcDataDir+"\tripsoft.fxp"
>>>>>>lcNewGenFile = lcPath+"\tripsoft.fxp"
>>>>>>COPY FILE (lcGenFile) TO (lcNewGenFile)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>When it gets to the last line, it tells me it can't find "C:\Windows\Temp\tripsoft.fxp". Where's it getting that from?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-Michelle
>>>>>
>>>>>Can you trace the code through the debugger to watch the value of pcDataDir?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Well, the debugger's no good. It turns out to only happen in the exe. I put up a message box with the value right before the copy command, and it has the right directory in it. I'm baffled.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>-Michelle
>>>
>>>Are you building you path off of the start of VFox ??? I've enocuntered odd behavior trying to do so in an EXE but it works fine in development mode.
>>>
>>>Jason
>>
>>
>>I tried hardcoding the initial directory. That didn't work. So I tried hard coding lcGenfile immediately before the copy. It _still_ gives the error. This is getting very annoying...
>>
>>-Michelle
>
>
>Hang on, I'm thinking. It's Thursday and my brain is experiencing an intermittant failing bit.
>
>Jason

I took it one step further:

COPY FILE "C:\tripsoft6\data\tripsoft.fxp" TO "C:\tripsoft6\data\ktmp\tripsoft.fxp"

Same error. The dirs exist and the file _is_ copied. Is there a bug in the COPY FILE command?

-Michelle