>mFilename = "c:\data\client1\reports folder is here\monthly.txt" >if file(mFilename) > return .t. >endif >handle = fcreate(mFilename) >if handle < 0 > return .f. >endif >=fclose(handle) >erase (mfilename) >Thanks, this is about what I did. However, we also have a function to check if a file exist. So, when we will call this function, it will be only to see if the file is valid so we can use this fully qualified file name later on for creation.