>Is there a way in VFP to change,add or remove the file attributes.
>I am trying to change the "Read Only" attribute of a file.
>

The following API code should work; there's a downloadable file here on UT that implements this in a bit more palatable form

The Read only attribute is

DECLARE INTEGER SetFileAttributes IN Kernel32 ;
	STRING cFileNameToAlter, ;
	INTEGER nAttributeMask
*  Set the nAttribs value to the appropriate mask, if the bit is set, it's active, not set is inactive
*      Read-only :  nAttrib should be 1,  else 0
*      bit settings are cuumulative
*
*	R = Read-only	1
*	H = Hidden		2
*	S = System		4
*	A = Archive		32 
IF (SetFileAttributes(FULLPATH(tcFileName), nAttribs) = 1)
   *  It worked
ELSE
   * It didn't
ENDIF