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>>With good reason apparently !
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>>Local cEmployeesFolder , xFile
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>>cEmployeesFolder = Addbs(Addbs(oApp.cEmployeeImagesFolder) + "_" + Transform(employees.Id))
>>If Not Directory(cEmployeesFolder)
>>	Md (cEmployeesFolder)
>>Endif
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>>xFile = cEmployeesFolder + "300x350.jpg"
>>lFileExists = File(xFile)   && this returns .T. when the file doesnt exist
>>lFileExists2 = Adir(aMyFile,xFile) > 0  && this returns false when the file doesnt exist
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>Greg, please post the value of cEmployeesFolder and xFile after its allocation.

the value of cEmployeesFolder is "\\Server_ii\MIS\MIS\Shared\Images\EmployeePics\_235\"
the value of xFile is "\\Server_ii\MIS\MIS\Shared\Images\EmployeePics\_235\300x350.jpg"