>Hi All,
>
Try

USE (m.Dir + "data\file.dbf") in 0 EXCL

>After loading a program on a client's machine, then running it to create an Excel file, we get the following error...
>
>OLE Dispatch exception code 0 from Microsoft Excel: Microsoft Excel cannot acces the file
>'D:\GMR\Lunches\V_lunch\data' There are several possible reasons:
>The file name or path does not exist
>The file you're trying to open is being used by another program.
>Close the document in the other progr..
>
>I tried to duplicate the problem on my machine and it runs fine. Argh!
>
>I assigned the value of the program directory to m.dir and call all data files as follows...
>
>if !used('file')
>use m.dir+"data\file.dbf" in 0 excl
>endif
>
>There is NO reason the program should be looking to any other drive or folder than C:(and then the folder/s the program is located within).
>
>Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Martha Kroll