>>Could anybody tell me how to check whether drive A is ready or not? I have to determine it before read/write.
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>?DISKSPACE('a') && returns -1 if drive a: isn't ready


Excellent Tonis

Just the function I was searching for. I used to use FILE("\\server1\disk\c\test.dbf") to check if the server was online and my whole app stopped while the search went on.

DISKSPACE now returns -1 if no connection and does so with no delay.

Thanks

Bernard