>SNIP<
> that the global routine would then call this routine here passing in a file name; the "file fixer" routine, shown above, would then not do anything visual (like ask "do you want all files checked") and it would just go to the guts of the routine here - try to open the file, capture the error number and then try to fix it.>

FoxPro does not allow an error handler inside of an error handler. When you do what you're describing, all errors appear with the default dialog of Cancel/Ignore/Suspend.