>In DOS/Win3/95/98 I could use the following command:
>
>if file('C:\payroll\nul') to detect if the payroll directory exists. This does not work in NT. Any ideas how to detect if a directory exists in NT? Thanks.

If ADir(ladir, 'C:\Payroll\', 'D') > 0
    * Directory exists
Else
    * Directory does not exist
EndIf

After that, you might want to release ladir if you don't need it anymore.