*-------------------------------------------------------------
* This function is better at detecting the presence of a file.
FUNCTION FileExists(FileName)
	RETURN !EMPTY(ADIR(laDir,FileName))
ENDFUNC
*-------------------------------------------------------------

>I'm using VFP7 SP1.
>
>THISFORM.txtbackup.VALUE ="A:\"
>
>SELECT products
>?FILE(ALLTRIM(THISFORM.txtbackup.VALUE)+ALIAS()+".DBF")
>
>This returns true regardless of whether a file actually exists in the
>THISFORM.txtbackup.VALUE directory
>
>?file("A:\PRODUCTS.DBF")
>This also returns true when there is no file
>
>Am I missing something???