PATH = \\machine id\g\folder That´s the way I used.
About speed, check that you aren´t leting the database opened... I mean, open, retrieve or write data and
CLOSE the database inmediately. This way I solved a similar problem...
By two common phrases in his vocabulary, we know Hercule Poirot was a great Developer: his use of "the little grey cells" and "order and method".
