The statement

IF FILE("data\filename")

would fail if the current VFP directory isn't the one where 'data' subdirectory is located. Are you sure that current VFP directory is the right one?

>A single copy of our application resides on the 'Server' of a Peer to Peer network. The application works flawlessly when run from the 'Server' on which the .exe resides. However when we execute the application from a workstation it fails. The same application works just fine when run from a workstation when installed on a server based network.
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>The statement that fails is :
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> IF FILE(data\filename)
> ...
> ENDIF
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>The file definitely exists but the program behaves as though it does not exist. Why can't a workstation on a peer to peer network find this file on the shared drive?
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>Thanks in advance.