>Cetin,
>
>This doesn't update the modacad table. The path field that is in the paths DBF file should update the path field in the modacad table where the mainkey is the same. I cannot find the ref to the modacad table.
>
>Many Thanks

Right my bug :

SET DEFAULT TO 'C:\Pathproblem'
select paths
local luMainKey
scan
  luMainKey = paths.MainKey
  update Modacad set path = paths.path ;
     where mainkey = m.luMainkey
endscan

Cetin