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Can't open database
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From
26/03/2006 09:29:45
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
To
26/03/2006 08:17:21
General information
Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 8 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2000 Server
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01107766
Message ID:
01107778
Views:
21
>Thanks for the speedy reply Hilmar,
>
>I should have mentioned those things. *sigh*
>
>Yes, the database and tables are in the same directory and as far as the OS is concerned are read/write. That includes user permissions as well.
>
>The database has been excluded from the project.
>
>The thing I'm slightly bemused about is the error bringing up my development location for the tables and not the location where I have placed them on the machine.

That sounds as if you might have the path hard-coded, somewhere. For example, instead of:
open database c:\TestEnvironment\data\MyDBC
you should:
open database data\MyDBC
Another thing to check for is that when you test the executable, you should first exit Visual FoxPro, or CLOSE ALL.
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