You could place a text file in all the directories where the files are and just check if you can access this one file, capture the error if you can't access it and let the user know.

Alex


>I have a program that I am allowing the user to choose the path that their specific department information resides. Is there a way to verify that the user has security to the chosen directory? If they do not, display a message prompting the user to choose another directory? I want to catch it at this point. . . not when the user tries to access a table within the directory.
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>Thanks in advance for your assistance.