>>>Hello all!
>>>I am haveing a problem in complining an exe in my project.
>>>I am getting an error 'C:\windows\desktop\mydb.dbf does not exist'
>>>Error 1 (there are 11 of the) Method:embossedform.dataenvironment.cursor1 (thru 11. ie: error appears 11 times)
>>>when attempting to run the exe.
>>>
>>>I am not useing a config.fpw file currently as most of my settings are in my startup program.
>>>
>>>my path statement in the startup prg is like so:
>>>set path = sys(5) + sys(2003)
>>>
>>>Also, I am running the exe from a different dir than the appdev dir,
>>>ie: c:\myprg vs c:\appdev.
>>>
>>>I believe my problem may lie herein, but am not sure.
>>>Can anyone advise??
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>Dan
>>
>>Do you have dbc- or free tables in DataEnvironment?
>
>Ed,
>I have NO free tables in my app...
>all are under drop.dbc.
>
>Dan

It seems to me that you have problem with DE.Cursor.Database property pointed to wrong directory. You may check in design mode, and reset in run-time programmatically from DE.BeforeOpenTables event.