>Thank you for you answer.
>I need to tell you more of what I'm trying to do.
>
>I am using Javascript in a asp page on the web.
>I locate the xls file on the system and hold the
>location in a var like the foxpro getfile()
>
>Next I need to compare this file to a table in the sql.
>I was going to send it to sql and do the comparing there,
>but now I think I want to send it to a temp dbf on the server
>and use a foxpro com to do the work.
>
>How to I send the xls file to my temp dir on the server, knowing
>the location of the xls is variable.
>FTP?? or something.
A command as simple COPY FILE can work with variable locations.
copy file (var_origin) to (var_destination)
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