> if it responded with the full path in the error, surely it has resoved the
> alias?
>>> I/O error for file "C:\MIRJUA\DES\ADMNEG\FNT\FDB\ADMNEG"

Nope. C:\MIRJUA\DES\ADMNEG\FNT\FDB\ can be just a current or default
database dir (set using DatabaseAccess option) and "admned" is what he
used in connection string.

SY, SD.