>>>I am employing the statment "if file('d:\hisname.mem')" in an app. Most users have a D:drive and a few do not. My statement causes an error. Do I need to employ an error handler is this case?
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>>Why not put the file in the application directory and leave the pathing issue out? Otherwise use a relative path. IAC ?FILE("x:\temp.txt") doesn't cause an error for me (I don't have a drive X:).
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>problem seems to have gone away as fast as it came. ?????

Don't have even a clue since you didn't say what the error message was. ;-)