It would appear that CF is unable to catch the error generated by the cfx tag.
I tried something simpler, like this: <cfset source = "u:\classcreator\003\000000700\1_5.jpg"> <p><cfoutput>file exists? #fileExists(source)#</cfoutput></p> <cftry> <!-- bar is not defined --> <cfset foo = bar> <cfdump var="#foo#"> <cfcatch type="any"> <cfdump var="#cfcatch#"> <cfabort> </cfcatch> </cftry> And it caught the error just fine. That makes me feel a little better, I can't have things bypassing my try/catch code! Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:320033 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4