check to see if your Temp folder - i.e., where this temp's DBF() is - is a system folder. If so, FILE() will return .F. because VFP ignores system folders.
>Can someone tell me why this is so?
>
>SELECT * FROM somefile INTO CURSOR temp
>*VFP says the file does not exist. It is also not visible in the explorer.
>WAIT WINDOW (FILE(DBF("temp"))) && RETURNS .F.
>*But I can USE it
>USE DBF("temp") AGAIN IN 0 ALIAS test EXCLUSIVE && works in VFP 7 and 8!
>
>just Curious
>Charles Richard
Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
