I have been attempting to simplify some of my upgrades by simply writing the files for the upgrade onto the CD then have the client use the Windows Explorer to copy the files to the Software Directory.

I have found that the process of copying files to the CD seems to give the files the attribute of "Read Only" and this attribute stays with the files when they are copied to the customer's hard drive. Our software will not work properly unless we can get rid of the "Read Only" attribute.

I have looked into the low level file handling of VFP and it seems to be related to Creating and Opening files but I can't seem to find anything in the help files on how to change a File Attribute programatically. The files I am trying to change are .dbf and .frx files.

Has anyone come across this before and figured out a way around it?

Mike Smith