I meant answer, keyviol, problems, etc. tables always go to PRIV, you cannot
change that in settings, you can change PRIV location but by default the
tables go always go to PRIV.

You can change the answer name and location many ways, in code when executing
QBE or interactively in the QBE properties.




"Steven Green" <greens@diamondsg.com> wrote:
>> I don't think you can change the default location, by default answer,

>> problems, etc. go to PRIV.
>
>yes, you can change the priv on-the-fly.. interactively and in code
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>"Kevin Zawicki"  wrote in message 
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>
>
>My point is that you can change it on the fly, location and name in code
>or interactively.
>
>
>I don't think you can change the default location, by default answer, 
>problems,
>etc. go to PRIV.
>
>Leslie <"ViaThe List"@NOSPAM.com> wrote:
>>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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