>>>>>>>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.
>>>
>>>Ed,
>>>Forgive my inexperience, but HOW might I accomplish this??
>>>
>>>Dan
>>
>>***DE.BeforeOpentable event
>
>hmmmm.... that looks like you are hard-codeing the path. Is there a way to use the SYS() functions in case the user decides to put the prg into a different dir??
>
>Dan
>
>>Thisform.SetAll("Database",oApp.dbcpathname,"Cursor")
>>
>>Here, 'oApp.dbcpathname' is application object property holding DBC file path+name.

It's not hard-coded path. It's flexible solution allowing to support different mapping to file server from different user's workstations. Normal installation assumes installing Executable (not Prg) locally and data on server.