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   Jim Moseley to All   
   Re: Help with Paradox 9 table schema   
   19 Aug 08 23:18:42   
   
   From: jmose@mapson.attglobal.net   
      
   Jim,   
      
   >So I now have yet another subdirectory, aliased as :TRAVEL:.   
   >I have 13 such sub-databases.   
      
   This might help you.  If your forms' data model doesn't use aliases when   
   defining the table (in effect, defaulting to :WORK:), it will open the tables   
   from the same folder as the form, regardless of where :WORK: really is.   
      
   In your case, you could copy the form to each of your 13 sub-directories,   
   and each would point to their local data without needing 13 aliases.   
      
   For example, create a form called Invoice.fsl, with a data model containing   
   :WORK:Invoice.db.  Copy this to ..\Travel and ..\Contracts.   
      
   When you open :Work:Invoice.fsl, it uses :Work:Invoice.db   
      
   When you open ..\Travel\Invoice.fsl, it uses ..\Travel\Invoice.db.   
      
   When you open ..\Contracts\Invoice.fsl, it uses ..\Contracts\Invoice.db.   
      
   HTH,   
   Jim Moseley   
      
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