It looks like Windows is supplying the DOS 8.3 filename of the file. Why I do not know. Perhaps others have seen this situation and will jump in. Since SDT is involved here, if Doug H. does not respond, you might want to post this under the SDT Category. Under what conditions are you seeing this form of the filename?

Bill

>Some of our users are getting copies of there tables with a ~ in the name for example -
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>Locations.dbf is becomming Locai~1.dbf
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>Any idears how this could happen.
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>We use SDT to update the tables etc.
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>Thanks
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>John