>>Here's you suggested code:
>>

lnConnHandle = SQLSTRINGCONNECT('Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq="'+
>>	lcMDBDir+'\'+lcMDBName+'";Uid=Admin;Pwd=;')
>>

>>
>>Here's what I typed in and I think they are the same, but it returned a -1 value. It did get further through the program but I should have tested for a -1 return value and stopped the program at that point. I'll do that.
>>
>>

>>lnConnHandle = SQLSTRINGCONNECT('Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq="'+
>>	lcMDBDir+'\'+lcMDBName+'";Uid=Admin;Pwd=;')
>>

>
>Let's try a clean one...
>
>

lcFullPath=forcepath(lcMDBName, lcMDBDir)
>cString=textmerge("Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};Dbq=<<lcFullPath>>;Uid=Admin;Pwd=;"
>lnConnHandle=sqlstringconnect(cString)
>if lnConnHandle<1
>   aerror(ee)
>   messagebox(ee[2])
>endif

How about double quotes around the path? The original problem was related to a space in the path.