>Is it the actual SET PATH command that can't handle it? Can you do something like
>
>SET PATH to blah\blah, blah\blah
>Set Path to &AllTrim(set('path'))) + ',' + moreblah\moreblah
>
>or something like that....don't think that I've got syntax correct there...but you get my idea....
>???????

Victor,

I think it's probably just the overall length of the string. The path statement is part of the environment, and, to hazard a SWAG, probably has some limitations set on it. In this case, 1K. Anyway, I created and tested this using the following (quite a few times < g >)from the command window

lcpath = SET('PATH')
* Get a filename
lcfile = GETFILE('*')
* Strip the path
lcfilename = JUSTFNAME(lcfile)
* Test to make sure that it can't be seen
? FILE(lcfilename)
* Get the file's path
lcfilepath = JUSTPATH(lcfile)
* Add it to the path statement
lcpath = lcpath + ";" + lcfilepath
* Set the new path
SET PATH TO (lcpath)
* Re-check to make sure the file is now seen
? FILE(lcfilename)
* Check the length
? LEN(lcpath)

This worked until the length exceeded 1,023 characters so my gut reaction is that it's a limitation in the environment space rather than anything else.