A reliable and simple solution is:

if not empty(sys(2000,'C:\program files\pictures\dress.tif')
    ? 'File Exists'
else
    ? 'File is not here!'
endif

Glenn

>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:
>
>C:\program files\pictures\dress.tif
>
>If this file exists in this location I want to issue a messagebox command.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.