David,

Thanks. Of course that is the preferred method, but unfortunately I'm working with a prehistoric Clipper type program.

Thanks,

Yossi

>Yossi,
>
>You might look to see if the code can be rewritten to avoid doing the SET INDEX altogether. New functions like indexseek() allow you to keep from "perturbing" the environment of the table completely.
>
>>

>>USE e_file
>>SET INDEX TO x, y
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