>Does anybody know how I can check programmatically if a file exists in a certain location. I have a path and file stored to a variable and i want to check if it exists. For example:
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>C:\program files\pictures\dress.tif
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>If this file exists in this location I want to issue a messagebox command.
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>Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Neil, Keep in mind that If You use a FILE() function You can be confused if the file You search is placed in folder stored in SET PATH TO..., but You want to check the existing of a file in some different folder.
make a folder named TEST in C:
Place dress.tif here, and use a FILE() with path that You are shure Dress.TIF not exists.
and do:

*** In MyDir there is no file dress.tif
SET PATH TO c:\test
? FILE("C:\MyDir\dress.tif")  && .T. ????????????????

a workaround:

** If You want to use FILE() function
m.old_path = SET("PATH")
SET PATH TO
? FILE("C:\MyDir\dress.tif")  && .F. 
SET PATH TO (m.old_path)
**** End with FILE() function

*** Other way is to use SYS(2000) function

? .NOT. EMPTY(SYS(2000, "C:\MyDir\dress.tif")) && .F.