>>I did some checking of the ValidPath() function in 6.0 and it does indeed handle long file names. New version of Extended Foxtools Help will be available shortly.
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>Does it check in the context of the target file system? If so, great, otherwise, AFAIK, the most reliable test is to actually try it.

You mean there are actually folks out there running file systems that don't support long file names? (George's way of admitting he'd forgotten about that problem).

Seriously, I doubt if the functions check the target FS. However, with local drives, it should be reasonably accurate. Even so, you're right (as usual< s >). The info on ValidPath() states only that it will not reject a valid filename, not that it'll catch every possible invalid name.