Keep tossing those bread crumbs...I'm following. lol The app is working great now, as long as I run everything from the same basic directory structure on the same drive. I mean, my app starts out assigning a variable the value of the directory I'm currently in (so, they can load it wherever they want). Then when I call a form or report it knows where to look (do m.var+'forms\formname.scx') There is not a single place within the app where I'm actually calling a data file other than to "select" it. I have loaded the app itself into "Program files...etc" on both my C: and D: drives and have a zip drive (E:) that is the only place I have any data. The program pukes and says it can't locate the database. Even though I can locate it for the program, it happens every time I run it (Feature? Don't think I can sell it that way! lol). AND, I don't have the luxury of recompiling the program at the user end, they don't have FoxPro. Thanks, m :)