Hi Kevin.

That did the trick. Tanks a lot for your help.

Gerard


>Gerard,
>
>>I did as suggested in the manual (by using oledbadapter on a test form and it tested ok)
>>I did however trim out the connection string to mimic what eas in the manual (got rid of pswd= and q whole pile of other stuff
>>
>>My String is now:-
>>
>> databases
>> add key="DFISR\Connection" value="Provider=vfpoledb.1;DataSource=C:\ISRC\DFISRC.DBC"
>> databases
>>
>>
>
>Try putting a space in "DataSource" like this:
>
>

<add key="DFISR\Connection" value="Provider=vfpoledb.1;Data Source=C:\ISRC\DFISRC.DBC" />

>
>You can always test your connection string by copying it from the app.config file and using it in the data adapter on a test form.
>
>Regards,