as stated already; that's the way it is.
It's useful if a user or paramter is a relative path..
?Fullpath("..\docs\MyFile.txt")
You might want to look at locfile()

>I am using the following to determine a file location:
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>?Fullpath('foxhelp.chm')
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>It is returning:
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>J:\APPS\VFP\FOXHELP.CHM
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>Or whatever the default directory happens to be. The only place that this file exists is in:
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>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VFP98\
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>Any ideas why this is going on? BTW, it's possible this is related to another thread I started today, but I can't be certain. Thread #577376. Thanks!
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>Regards, Renoir