>Would someone tell me why the top two lines elicit
>an alias not found. I'm just trying to test for the
>existance of this file. It especialy doesn't like it
>when I use the full path name.
>
>
>if FILE(finished.txt)
> Return .T.
>DECLARE SHORT ExitWindowsEx IN Win32API;
>INTEGER nShutDownMode,;
>INTEGER nReserved
>Declare Integer ExitProcess IN Win32API;
>Integer ExitCode
>#DEFINE ShutdownFlagValue0
>#DEFINE ShutdownFlagValue1
>#Define ShutdownFlagValue2
>ON SHUTDOWN nResult=ExitProcess(0)
>
>nMyReturnValue=ExitWindowsEX(1,0)
>else
>endif


Try if FILE('finished.txt')

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