>I issue the following commands in my main program
>
>lcDefault = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
>SET DEFAULT TO (lcDefault)
>CD (lcDefault)
>lcPath = lcDefault + '\data'
>SET PATH TO (lcPath)
>
>When I run the program under the VFP IDE, everything works as it should.
>However, when I make an EXE, move the EXE to a new directory, place a copy
>of the \DATA inside the new directory, and run the EXE, the EXE works with
>the original \DATA directory - not the \DATA subdirectory that is located
>within the same directory as the EXE.
>
>What am I doing wrong?
>
>Thanx in advance.


If you are using DataEnvironment and free tables, your CursorSource contains the full path to your initially selected .DBF. So at the runtime it will still look for that .DBF.
Similar thing happens with DataEnvironment.Cursor.Database property when using database container.