>Sarah,
>
>The COPY FILE command doesn't see files in EXE. You can replace it with FILETOSTR() and STRTOFILE()

* copy file (tcName) to (lcNewPath + tcName)
>STRTOFILE(FILETOSTR(tcName), lcNewPath + tcName)
>

Thanks so much for your speedy and accurate reply! I'm using vfp5 but had already found scripts for strtofile and filetostr so it was quick to test and prove. Even my .gif was happy!

Sarah