>>... snip ...It looks to me like the update routines run before my application pathing occurs - my oApp (called goProgram) is not in scope while I am in SDT so I cant figure out how to change the expression to be evaluated at runtime.
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>Your goProgram can be in scope if you declare it as PRIVATE at the beginning of your main PRG and before you call the update method in the PRIVATE oMeta object.

Mark,
I'll have to try that. I think I solved my mystery with everyone's help. It was caused by the update directory's path in the VFXPATH table. I had it set to MyClient/Update and if I changed it to just Update the problem was solved or so it currently appears...

Mark and Doug, Thanks for the help.

Sandi