>Edward,
>Thanks for your vey informative answer but in toying with it I'm
>not able to find the correct syntax. How do I change a property
>of an object(in this case a table) that still doesn't exit!!
>
>Sandy

When you are in DE.BeforeOpenTables event, the DE already exists, right? So, you can say here:
Thisform.SetAll("Database",oApp.DatabasePathName,"Cursor")