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 !





>>placed this code before the if block
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>>lFileExists = File(xFile)
>>lFileExists returns .T. BUT the file DOES NOT EXIST and the debugger confirms that fact but the code in the trace skips the execution inside the if block !! ???
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>FILE() returns .T. if the file is found in the CURDIR(), in any folder specified in SET PATH and also if a file of that name is bound into the executable.