>>>"\:\\FS_RENAL2\USER1\APPS\DB\MAIN\DATABASE\PATDB.DBC does not exist."
>>
>>Would this work:
>>
>>set default to \\FS_RENAL2\USER1\APPS\DB\MAIN
>>use database\atable.dbf
>>use database\another.dbf
>>use database\thisone.dbf
>>
>>Note default does NOT start with \:
>
>Precisely. The problem would be the \: at the beginning.

Hi everyone. I don't want to encode the server and path into the application (if I can at all help it) so that the app can be moved without much of a fuss.

I have set up a shortcut on my desktop which has:
Target: \\Fs_renal2\USER1\APPS\DB\MAIN\VMAIN.EXE
Start in: \\Fs_renal2\USER1\APPS\DB\MAIN\

The application start but once it trys to open the first table or database, I get the following error when the following line is executed

open database database\patdb shared in 0

Error message:

File '\:\\FS_RENAL2\USER1\APPS\DB\MAIN\DATABASE\PATDB.DBC' does not exist.

The path looks correct in the error message except for the \: part.

Anyone got any ideas what may be causing the error?