use

not empty(sys(2000,"\\jkt02\apps_vfp\documents\released\sop\sop-001_90.doc"))

File() will search the path if the file is not found in the directory as specified, whereas sys(2000) will respect the specified path.



>From the command window I can type:
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>?file("\\jkt02\apps_vfp\documents\released\sop\sop-001_90.doc")
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>and this returns .f. as expected (the file doesn't exist). However inside an application I have I create a variable as follows:
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>thisform.cDocFileName="\\jkt02\apps_vfp\documents\released\sop\sop-001_90.doc"
>** thisform.cDocFilename is built and the above is the final value)
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>In the debugger, I put in the watch section file(thisform.cDocFilename) and the value returned is .T. !!!!
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>Does anyone know why it does this?
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>Thanks in advance,
>
>Kevin