>I open a file with this code.
>cFileName = GETFILE('MCP', 'Data files:', 'Open', 1, 'Select a Data File')
>nHandle = FOPEN(cFileName)
>
>and cFileName will hold C:\AMCP2\DOWNLOAD\APX0912.MCP but I will get a -1
>return to nHandle which indicates it failed. But how could this be. I pass it the path and all. I notice foxpro returns path commands with a backslash on
>the end of the string. Like CURDIR() and so forth. Is there something I should
>know about foxpro's ways in dealing with directory commands. Thanks for any help.

Maybe file cannot be open for some other reason. You can use FERROR() function right after FOPEN() to get actual error code. See help for details.