>>>>Hi all,
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>>>>I needed to bring my current project (VFP 5.0) into the office to show my boss. I zipped up all of the files in my development directory at home, made them a self extracting zip and emailed them into the office.
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>>>>I extracted the files and put them in a directory (I'm 99% sure I've got the directory name correct ...hey it's Friday and I'm really tired ;)...). When I try to open my project I'm getting "Project file is invalid" message.
>>>>
>>>>I then tried to open my database which worked, but when I tried to open any of my tables I'm getting "the database for xxx.dbf could not be opened. Would you like to locate the owning database...".
>>>>
>>>>I also opened my .dbc file and noticed there is no header file which I believe I just read, each .dbc should have. Maybe I'm drawing at straws here.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas out there what might have gone wrong and how I can fix it?? (my boss is waiting... ;)....)
>>>>
>>>>MTIA!!!
>>>>
>>>>Mandy "I can't wait for the weekend!"
>>>
>>>try --

>>>    open database mydb exclusive
>>>    validate database recover

>>>each DBC should have a .DBC, .DCX and .DCT file.
>>
>>addendum --
>>
>>If you used any classes that were not in your development directory tree, you may be out of luck if you forgot to zip them up also. Going between machines during development is a major pain because your project could contain files from many different places.
>
>Mark,
>
>I tried out your suggestion and it's just not finding a lot of tables. I'm not sure why since I've tossed everything in one directory at home so it should have zipped all files...but who knows. My boss is sending me home to work on this and I'll try to show him the stuff next week. Fingers crossed it works then. Thanks for your help. I've printed it out and put it in my "good tips" folder ;)!!
>
>Mandy

Did you really toss everything in 1 directory before zipping? The key is to zip with the directory structure intact. Then unzip it into the same directory tree.

When you get back home, open up your project manager and, as you click on each member of the project, the location will be displayed in the bottom of the manager (if undocked). Note any directories not in your development tree. You will have to add these to your zip file.

If the description and path are not listed at the bottom of the form, right-click on the PM header and click that option (i.e., check it).