>Whenever I copy a file from VFP to a server it freezes until the file is copied.
>
>Is there anyway of copying the file in the background to allow other programs to carry on running without the file copy interrupting.
>
>Thanks in advance
>Kev
Look at API #12708 from Ed

DECLARE INTEGER CopyFile IN KERNEL32.DLL ;
   STRING @SourceFileName, ;
   STRING @DestFileName, ;
   INTEGER bFailIfExists
IF CopyFile(cMySourceFileName,cMyPortOrUNC,0) # 0
   *  It was copied
ELSE
   *  it wasn't
ENDIF

That copy's a file using the windows API interface.
I don't now if it lets processing go on.
If it doesn't then you can do the following.
Create a timer class, and let it in the timer event do the file copy.
Then you can go on working.
If you want to do it a little more universal then you can create a timer class with a cCommand property and let it run the cCommand at the timer event. Then you can use the class for other things too.