>>The DBF pointers are maintained in a file with the string "DAT\MyFile.DBF".
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>Where does your app expect to find this file? If it's in the directory where the app itself is installed, check that Working Directory is set to [INSTALLDIR] for the desktop icon on the 'Shortcuts/Folders' page of your ISX project.
The working directory was the guy! >
>>Why does ISE LE VFP 8 insist on a database folder when MyApp is not using a data base.
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>If you do not need a separate database directory just use [INSTALLDIR] as the value for DATABASEDIR on the General Information page. If data is in a sub-directory under where the app is installed -- for example, DATA -- then you can use [INSTALLDIR]Data for DATABASEDIR.
Appreciated!

And - by the way - my font issue corrected my next log on:-)


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>>I got lucky with VFP 7 and ISE 3.5 - Made some working installs - thanks to SB (and others).
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>>So - I get cocky - finally install my VFP 8 and SP 1 and install ISE LE V4 (the package that ships with VFP 8)
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>>I go throught the install - I set the install Directory to:
>>C:\MyCompanyFolder\MyEXEFolder
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>>I Blank the database folder.
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>>I build - no errors - I install - no errors. I check for the install folders - they are there. I run the exe from explorer - it works.
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>>So - I click the Program menu shortcut to MyEXE - and I get a message telling me the first DBF to open is not in:
>>C:\Documents and Settings\Owners Name\ .... an so on.
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>>The DBF pointers are maintained in a file with the string "DAT\MyFile.DBF".
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>>Why is the shortcut telling me that the file is not in some sub-folder in the Documents and settings folder.
>>Why does ISE LE VFP 8 insist on a database folder when MyApp is not using a data base.
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>>Ant why are my UT fonts funky - Roman again!