Is the error happening in a form?

If so the cause of the error is that the location of the DBC to use gets compiled into the Form.

There are a couple faqs offering solutions. Do a search on DBF not found, or something to that effect.

PF


>It gets weirder..
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>If i build the .exe directly to c:\oma\oma.exe, then the local copy works.
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>What about the build exe functionality would cause this?
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>In any event, as long as the setup ditributed version works when it gets to the installation site, i can work around typical Foxpro quirkiness.