>>Given : file CONFIG.DBF in a folder c:\program files\the bat!\batstat.
>>Need to : open this table with USE command.
>>Is there any way to treat folder name, which containes "!" ?
>>
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>Stick the path in a string, and use name indirection:
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>cDBFPath = "c:\program files\the bat!\batstat\CONFIG.DBF"
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>USE (cDBFPath)

Actually you don't even have to use a string var, you can just stick the literal string in the parentheses:

USE ("c:\program files\the bat!\batstat\config.dbf")

Cheers,
Rich.