>Does the SMS.ini exist in another path? If file doesn't find it at the specified location, it will look down the given paths. I stopped using file() long time ago and used adir() instead. That only looks where you tell it.
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Learn something new every day. I thought I understood how Fox used the path, but I had always assumed that if you hard coded a path you would prevent Fox from searching the path. Strangely enough, I have never had a problem with this.

Thanks for the lesson

............Rich