Sandy,

>I created the exe file and moved it out to the netowrk for testing. Sure enough I get the message of unable to locate the tables, LOcate, Ignore, Cancel and Ignore all(I think that was the last alternative!).

>Is this normal behavior in the data environment?? If so, is there a workaround for this??

If all the app files are in a single directory, or they are in a similiar tree between the dev system and the network drive VFP should be able to open the database and tables without any need to mess with the filenames in the DE.