>Thanks, Al.
>I take it, I first do the file sharing and then do the mapping as Craig suggested?
>Rich

Yes.

It's worth pointing out that it's not strictly necessary to map a drive letter, and many consider it best practice not to. Instead, you can use the Uniform Naming Convention (UNC) name to access the file on the "server" computer.

Most often, when you set up sharing you will share a folder, so files and subfolders within that folder become accessible from other computers. When you share that folder, you will give it a "share name".

On the "server" computer (pretend it's named "Computer01"), suppose the files you want to share are in a folder named C:\Dev\VFPData. When you share that folder, Windows by default will suggest a share name of "VFPData", although you can specify something else if you'd prefer. In this example, the UNC of the share is \\Computer01\VFPData.

Once the sharing is set up on the "server", from the "workstation" you can access a table in that folder in VFP:

USE \\Computer01\VFPData\MyTable ALIAS ... IN ... etc.