>This mat be a possible solution to your problem.
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>Check out the status of the report in the report designer to insure that you have not saved the environment information.
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>If the environment has been saved, the report will be looking for the tables in the path saved to the report's environment. If the environment is not saved, it will seek the tables in the default path of the report.
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>Good Luck!
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>Bill Benton

The reports dont have environment saved, I learned that lesson years ago. The report is included in the project but the app/exe still look for
something on the developer directory when REPORT FORM formname PREVIEW is executed.

Bret