>I dont see where you problem is or at least I never have see it myself. My directory structure is:
>
>\AppDir\Data Where the data files and DBC are
>\AppDir where the exe is
>
>And I Copy files back and forth from my \Data directory to the server where I develop and back again with no problem.
>

Must be something I have done in the past then.

Do you usedrive mapping?

Or perhaps your framework resolves these problems for you.