>Hi all,
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>How about a simple PATH statement in the startup code and intentially omit the local machines path...
>
>Ray

It's up to you, but assuming that you start app from local drive (i.e. default) and may change many drives during some user's actions, you or someone else can get at least a reason to post questions here :) Using normal OO-approach you actually eliminate SET PATH completely from your application.