>>>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.

In that case

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