You need to set the Answer Table location right up front pretty much 
before you do anything else. Same for setting the net location folder.
Leslie.

On 16/02/2021 10:13 AM, Kevin Zawicki wrote:
>>
> Not without object pal.
> <
>
> You can in objectPal, but also without it...
>
>
>
> Open the query in design and from menu:
> Query - Properties
>
> On the Answer Tab you can manually adjust the location and table name answer
> for that query.
>
> You save the QBE. reopen and see that QBE answer location changed. (Also
> open the QBE in notepad).
>
> it will save in the QBE format
> Query
> ANSWER: C:\ANSWER2.DB
>
> MyTable.DB | Field1 |
>            | Check  |
>
> EndQuery
>
>
> --------
> also see setAnswerName
>
> var
>   qVar  Query
>   AnsTblName String
> endVar
>
> qVar.setAnswerName(AnsTblName)
> qVar.executeqbe()
>
>
> Note I have seen setAnswerName method cause cause Paradox to crash or through
> fatal error.
>
>
>
> Mark Bannister <markRemove@THISinjection-moldings.com> wrote:
>> On 2/10/2021 4:18 PM, David George wrote:
>>> Can you change the location of the answer table?
>>>
>>
>> Not without object pal.  You can run a query with the executeQBE command
>
>> and set location and name of answer table or into a tcurosr.
>>
>> var
>> 	myq query
>> endvar
>> myq = Query
>>
>> :Myalias:mytable.DB | ID     |
>>                     | check  |
>>
>>
>> EndQuery
>> myq.executeqbe(":myalias:myanswertable.db")
>>
>> To get the syntax for your query, create it in the ui and save it then
>> open the qbe file in a text editor and cut/paste.
>>
>> From the help:
>>
>> executeQBE method/procedure image\example.gif
>> Executes a query by example (QBE).
>>
>> Syntax
>> 1. (Method)
>> executeQBE ( [ { const ansTbl String |
>> var ansTbl Table |
>> var ansTbl TCursor } ] ) Logical
>>
>> 2. (Procedure)
>> executeQBE ( var db Database, var qVar Query
>> [ , { const ansTbl String |
>> var ansTbl Table |
>> var ansTbl TCursor } ] ) Logical
>>
>> Description
>> executeQBE executes the query assigned to a Query variable and writes
>> the results to :PRIV:ANSWER.DB or to the table specified in ansTbl. You
>
>> can assign a query to a Query variable using a query statement. Create a
>
>> query statement by calling readfromFile or readfromString or by building
>
>> it with appendTable, appendRow, or setCriteria.
>>
>> Syntax 1 calls executeQBE as a method. You can write the query result to
>
>> ansTbl where ansTbl is a table name, a Table variable, or a TCursor. If
>
>> ansTbl is not specified, executeQBE writes the results to ANSWER.DB in
>> the private directory.
>>
>> Syntax 2 calls executeQBE as a procedure. Specify a Database variable in
>
>> db and a Query variable in qVar. You can write the query result to
>> ansTbl where ansTbl is a table name, a Table variable, or a TCursor. If
>
>> ansTbl is not specified, executeQBE writes the results to ANSWER.DB in
>> the private directory.
>>
>> The following notes apply to both syntaxes:
>>
>> If you specify the table name as a string and don't include a file
>> extension, ansTbl defaults to specify a Paradox.
>>
>> If you specify ansTbl as a Table variable, ansTbl must be assigned and
>> valid.
>>
>> If you specify ansTbl as a TCursor, the results are stored in memory only.
>>
>> If executeQBE is successful (ansTbl or ANSWER.DB is created)this method
>
>> returns True; otherwise it returns False. executeQBE returns True even
>> if the resulting table is empty.
>>
>> Related Topics
>>
>> --
>> Mark Bannister
>>
>>
>

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