Hi Nancy,
Ahh, I might be able to do this from another angle using ADBOBJECTS()... I might store in a file the info from ADBOBJECTS() and check that with my application object to make sure the tables are there before I do anything...

WadduThink?

John

>>Is there a way to check to see that the tables in the DE exist before the form loads?
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>>I call the following from the Load to set the relative path to the tables. What has me baffled is that the views seem to be referenced just like a table is so if I try to do a FILE(...) it fails because it is not a physical table.
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>For views use ADBOBJECTS()