>The path is still the same:
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>d:\foxprogs\galileo\data\galidata.dbc
>
>The OS is WinXP, SP3
>
>I don't get a connection because the attempt to establish the connection falis.
>If I try something like this:
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>nHandle = sqlconnect("galidata")
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>I get a return value -1.
>
>If I establish a connection for the free tables in the directory,
>funny enough, everything works.
>
>Best regards
>
>Thomas

Hmm, I was originally thinking it may be Windows 7 and permission issues. Perhaps the problem with DBC files and anti-virus? Can you try excluding DBC (and other database files) from anti-virus checking?