Just a by the way, I had this exact problem and the file() function looks in the project and finds the file. That's why you had to adir it.

Mark.

>Thanks, works like a charm now ;)
>
>>Try to use ADIR() instead. The FILE() function has it quirks.
>>
>>>Neat trick, however this code dosent work? The file() function is always returning .t. because it thinks the file is there because its in the executable, even with I use home() it returns true.
>>>
>>>

>>>lcWaitFile = "wait1.avi"
>>>
>>>if !file(home() + lcWaitFile))
>>>	strtofile(filetostr(lcWaitFile), lcWaitFile)
>>>endif
>>>

>>>
>>>>
>>>>The activex you're using requires file on disk because it cannot see files included in exe. You've to either distribute AVI as a separate file or copy it out at your app start.

Strtofile(Filetostr("wait.avi"), "wait.avi"))

You can check if file already exists and skip copying in this case.