>>I am battling with the idea that MS would do such a thing...
>>
>>My views are basing their results on data in the development directory
>>rather than my distrib directory. Just like when I setup a DE on a form or report..
>>So if my project data is in \Pub\Phone\Data, for example, and the EXE Data is in
>>\Pub\Phone32\Data, IF the original Data directory is found (\Pub\Phone\Data), if will
>>use those tables!
>>
>>I hope I am wrong, but if I'm not this seems somewhat ridiculous. Please let me
>>know it anyone has discovered the same!
>> - GM
>
>it does that. we have a work-around here somewhere. if no one else posts one, let me know and i'll dig it up.

So far I've been placing code in the BeforeOpenTables event to adjust the path... Since there is no inheritance for DE's (without bending over backwards), I really wish there's a better way to do this. My fear is that I'll forget to put to code on a form/report one time and have it be reporting the wrong data.