>1 and 2 are all fine, but they don't fix the problem. Now I think it is a problem in VFP. I moved the database container into the root and kept all the tables in the subdirectory. That solved the problem.

Glad that it worked out for you.

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>In the article 229779 mentioned below, it states this error message happened as early as in VFP 3.0. I'm using VFP 9 with SP1. Using the resolutions presented in the article, the problem cannot be solved. I'm surprised and wonder whether I had missed something.
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