>>>>Thanks.
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>>>>>>Thanks, Barbara. So, in theory, one could test for the existence of a TMPFILES directory on app startup. If it doesn't exist, MD the thing. On next startup, that directory would be used. I think?
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>>>>>Yes, but you have to know what the TMPFILES directory is. I don't know of a way to find it, unless you want to parse the config.fpw file.
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>>>It's too late to check for once VFP starts; you need a non-VFP component, such as a launcher, to check for and if necessary create the TMPFILES directory - VFP will attempt to use the TMPFILES directory immediately on startup.
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>>I understand. Couldn't the app parse config.fpw and create the TMPFILES directory so on next launch it would use the desired directory? Guess I'll just have to test it...
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>It would, except that since the VFP engine can't create its temporary files, it dies before it gets to execute your first line of code...

Ah. I was assuming that a TEMP environmental was set in the system, so VFP had an alternative. Thanks.