Relative paths in designer

Q: Is there a way to keep the Visual dBASE 7 designer from overwriting absolute paths with relative paths? For example, the code:

sql = "SELECT * FROM 'X:\DATA\TEST.DBF'"

is changed to:

sql = "SELECT * FROM '..\..\DATA\TEST.DBF'"

after using the designer.

A: Use database aliases, then you won't be bitten by that ever.