I just tried renaming the file so it would be in 8.3 name format, but it still does not work.

Also, using the full path name does not work.

Grumble... grumble...

Thanks for the suggestions. -- GWW

>>APPEND FROM (lcIncoming) DELIMITED WITH CHARACTER |
>>
>>The line above gives me an COMMAND CONTAINS UNRECOGNIZED PHRASE/KEYWORD.
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>>lcIncoming = "DT102DE.ES01" and the file does exist -- and the CURDIR() is the directory where the file exists.
>>I'm running Foxpro 3.0b under Win2000.
>>Any suggestions? This works from the command line.
>>
>>Thanks! -- Gerry
>
>In some cases the long file names could cause such an error. Try to enclose your file name in quotas. Another way is to try to use its fullPathName (including full path to the file)