I'm working on a data intensive project with multiple dbc's for different variances of meta data and real data. To organize things, we got 2 subdirectories off of the standard Data subdirectory setup by the framework's QuickStart. At startup, a bunch of tables in one of those extra subdirectories gets opened and the app just isnt finding them without guidance.
We added the additional subdirectories to the SET PATH statement in StartMM() thinking the DEVPATH constant in the framework's setup.prg would carry them through to my runtime environment but it's not happening. I also tried adding the additional subdirs to the standard path in main.prg right after the call to the framework's setup.prg and still nada, just doesnt seem to stick. So to fudge it, we add to the SET PATH list right before we need to grab something from new directories, but still gotta code the first USE cmd with LOCFILE() just to get the data loading kicked off gracefully.
What's the deal here... how can I extend the default path without the hassle of changing setup.prg and risk having the problem return with subsequent framework releases? TIA!
Roxanne M. Seibert
Independent Consultant, VFP MCP
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