>When you create a form or a report with a DE, the CursorSource is
>entered by VFP. In addition, it is RO at design time, but RW at
>runtime. If you move the DBF to another directory the file can't
>be found and VFP issues an error.
>
>For the application I'm writing I have a setup screen which allows
>the user to enter the directory that various files are found in.
>I've been wrinting custom code in the BeforeOpenTables method to
>change the CursorSource.
>
>I'm wondering if it's possible to create a custome DataEnvironment
>class which could be automatically used with each form or report
>that I create.
>
> ...kt

Codebook does this, and it works very well. You'll have to say goodby to visual DEs though, and handle everything through code.

Check out the classifieds here to find Oak Leaf's website, if I remember correctly, there is lots of documentation there in the form f newsletters and such.