the version of datacare that i have is dc6.5a. i reinstalled it on friday to see if that would help, but still have the same trouble. as for turning off the flat
and keyed file check for sa, i do not want to do that, as it would seem to defeat the purpose of having datacare at all. the error has only appeared recently and version 6.5a was installed before the error occured.

as for the sales analysis version, i believe it is y2k compliant. it is sales analysis 990118 v6.1a and i gather that this means the sa data directory is current as well.

any more ideas ?