The watch window of the debugger states that the file exists
The trace window of the debugger on the line of code that tests for the existance fails

* trace window
if file(xFile)  && Fails

* watch window (at the same time)
file(xFile)     && returns .T.

So VFP cant agree with itself on this ???

BTW the value of xFile is a UNC path to a server share and file such as:
"\\Server_ii\MIS\MIS\Shared\Images\EmployeePics\_235\300x350.jpg"


Thanks !





>Check the value of the entire path, whether it is a valid file. Sometimes you might forget the drive specifier at the beginning (or at least the backslash); sometimes you may have a missing backslash or a double backslash between the path and the filename.
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>You may want to debug the value of xFile after assigning it a value:
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>WAIT WINDOW "xFile = " + xFile
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