>In a home-grown backup program I have the following lines of code:
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>IF FILE(lcDestFile)		&& File exists
>	IF FDATE(lcSourceFile,1) > FDATE(lcDestFile,1) 	&& date newer in source?
>		* copy source file to destination file
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>Can anyone suggest why they would work fine interactively or run from source code within VFP (7.0 SP1), but the second FDATE() function causes a "File does not exist" error when run from a compiled EXE?
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Do the values for the lcDestFile and lcSourceFile variables contain the full path? Is the source file contained/built into the exe?

Personally, I do not like to use VFP's FILE() function. Read Message # 611424 for an alternative.