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Database Property

Question:
How do I programmatically change the database property of Forms so that I can put my data files anywhere?

Answer:
You can set the database properties of cursors in the dataenvironment of forms from the BeforeOpenTables method of the dataenvironment:

this.cursor1.database = SYS(5)+CURDIR()+"test2.dbc"

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