>>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.

Not quite accurate....the DBC stores the relative path, not the full path.

Craig