>The main EXE (compiled to run with the RUNTIME only) for my application is in a directory that users have only read access to.
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>In the CONFIG.FWP I have EDITWORK, PROGWORK, SORTWORK, and TMPFILES all set to C:\WINDOWS\TEMP, but when the user starts any of the applications off the menu they get a message that says CAN NOT CREATE CURSOR. (All these forms use PRIVATE DATASESSIONS, if that makes a difference) I am only manually opening tables in the data environment of the form, no selects or the like.
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>On my system it is creating the TMP files in this temp directory. I have Read/Write access to the startup directory, but I don't see anything create in this dirctory.
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>What would VFP5.0 be trying to create in this directory, and more importantly, what else is there that will redirect this cursor to the local hard drive?
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>TIA
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>Norm

Depending on the size of the cursor and memory available, you may or may not see an actual file created in the TEMP directory. I just die a SELECT * from a medium sized table into a cursor, did a DISPLAY STATUS to get the actual temp-file name, and could not find that file in the TEMP directory using Windows Explorer (and refreshing the directory). This does not mean the cursor does not exist, it just exists in memory. You can use also use the DBF() function to get the actual path and filename of the cursor created.