>>>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 "!" ?
>>>
>>
>>Stick the path in a string, and use name indirection:
>>
>>cDBFPath = "c:\program files\the bat!\batstat\CONFIG.DBF"
>>
>>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.

Very true - just force of habit...

Ed