>Is there a way to modify file attributes (maybe something similar to using the DOS ATTRIB command) within VFP code? Would appreciate any help. TIA

You can use WSH

oFSO = CREATEOBJECT("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
oFile = oFSO.GetFile(lcfile) && lcfile is the name of the file
* Turn on the read-only bit
oFile.Attributes = BITOR(oFile.Attributes, 0x01)
* Turn off the read-only bit
oFile.Attributes = BITAND(oFile.Attributes, 0xFE)

You can also use File Attribute Get & Set File #9311 or SetFileAttributes API #12727.