lcconnstr = 'Driver={Microsoft Visual FoxPro Driver};SourceType=DBC;' + ;
   'SourceDB=C:\MyDir\Mydatabase.dbc;Exclusive=No;Deleted=No;' + ;
   'BackgroundFetch=No;'

HTH.

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>>>Why not use a DSN-less connection to access the Access MDB. Here is an example posted by JVP some time ago:
>

>lconnstr = 'DBQ=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\NWIND.MDB;'+;
>   'DefaultDir=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98;'+;
>   'Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DriverId=281;'+;
>   'FIL=MS Access;MaxBufferSize=2048;PageTimeout=5;'
>lnconn = sqlstringconnect(lcconnstr)
>

>>>This way you can keep the conenction information in a table (or whereever) and add to it as needed.
>>>
>>>HTH.
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>How would you rewrite this to connect to a vfp database? (just as a test in a system where local views are working fine).