>>I've done that already and now the new environment form works fine but I still have a problem. The database key field is blank in the business object builder and if I try and run a form with a bizobj on it I get an error message saying that cdefaultdatabase can't be found. I also noticed that the registry entry doesn't have directories for the local and remote database settings.>
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>I'll be addressing this soon, but for now, you can simply enter the correct information manually in your application's MetaDBC table.
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>Regarding the empty settings for local and remote databases, is your application object's "lUseDBCMetaMgr" property set to True? If so, set it to False for now...I'll also be addressing this issue soon.
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>Regards,

I've managed to get everything working fine. I downloaded the whole 4.0a framework, deleted the existing directories and registry entries and started the application from scratch again. When creating a new environment I based it on the existing environment which automatically pulled the database key.

Thanks again for your help.

John