>>>>> "Geoffrey" == Geoffrey Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> This looks to me like a simple case of LyX not recognizing that a
>> path which starts with a drive letter specification ("c:/") is an
>> absolute path and not a relative one.
>>
>> Could you try without the drive letter, that is setting the target
>> to "/lyxfiles/thesis/ch3.tex"?
Geoffrey> The solution! If i just remove the "c:/" i can include files
Geoffrey> from anywhere.
Note that it is better in general to input the file names as relative
to where the master file is. So if you have
c:\lyxfiles\thesis\thesis.lyx
c:\lyxfiles\thesis\ch3.lyx
just include "ch3.lyx" in thesis.lyx.
JMarc