>Can a stand alone table be opened on a local network share without the share drive being mapped?
>
>As in something like this (which doesn't work):
>
>USE \192.168.1.199\somefolder\sometable.dbf
>USE /192.168.1.199/somefolder/sometable.dbf
>
You need to know the IP address and the name of the share. Then the syntax is
USE \\192.168.1.99\MyShare\Optional_SomeFolderPathOfMyshare\SomeTable.dbf
The hostname, whether a name or an IP address, is always prefixed with "\\".
Regards. Al
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