>>>Ooops. A small change in code :
>>>>>i want to ignore this message
>>>>> "stuctural cdx or idx not found"
>>>>> programatically
>>>>Then you should open the table lowlevel first and remove CDX reference.

handle=fopen("mytable.dbf",12)
>>>>=fseek(handle,28)
>>>><d>lnPokeByte = bitand(fread(handle,1),0xFE)</d> && Remove CDX flag
>>>lnPokeByte = bitand(asc(fread(handle,1)),0xFE)
>>>>=fseek(handle,28)
>>>>=fwrite(handle,lnPokeByte,1)
>>
>>Minor correction:
>>
>>=fwrite(handle,CHR(lnPokeByte),1)
>>
>>>>=fclose(handle)

Of course you should also check if you can have the handle and why not too.
>>>>Cetin
>Hidy Ed,
>Thanks for correcting the miss :)
>Cetin
Funny I didn't think of "on error" at all :)
Cetin