Dear Alan,

> when she works locally is she using embedded with a local connection

string?

> and then you try to connect via the server? that wouuld lock the file
> OR - you have merely named it differently and the file is not found

- the

> error is the same in both cases

both questions, no. "Locally" means she connects to the same FB
server, but sitting on the very machine the server has been installed
on (i.e. no network problems).
And if the file name was the problem, the error message would be
different, I've tested that.

Stefan