LOCAL cEmployeesFolder , xFile

cEmployeesFolder = Addbs(Addbs(oApp.cEmployeeImagesFolder) + "_" + Transform(employees.Id))
If Not Directory(cEmployeesFolder)
Md (cEmployeesFolder)
Endif

xFile = cEmployeesFolder + "300x350.jpg"

*-- For a file that does not exist this next test will fail
*-- That is to say that the block is not executed
If Not File(xFile)
*-- This next line fails to execute when the var xFile does not exist
xFile = Addbs(oApp.cEmployeeImagesFolder) + "camera.jpg"
Endif

BUT the watch window reports
File(xFile) is .F.
NOT File(xFile) is .T.


Why would this happen ?