>>>>Hi,
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>>>>Is there a way (a command or option) to USE a table and make VFP to ignore the fact that structural index file (table.cdx) does not exist? I know I can catch it with an TRY/CATCH error but my purpose is to open/use a table to check the structure of the table. And in some cases the structural index file is missing and I have to deal with it.
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>>>Open the table low-level and write a zero in the 28th (or was it 29th) byte of the header, then fclose it. Then it will not ask for the structural index, because that byte is the indicator that the table has it.
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>>>Another way is to open the table exclusive, catch the error, then open once more - Fox will then reset this byte by itself, so on second open it will not even look for the cdx.
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>>>This is 2.x technique, but should work even today. Haven't had a case in years, so I can't really say it's been recently tested.
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>>Thank you for the suggestions.
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>Is there any way to open a table and NOT open the cdx?
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>TIA

With not structural cdx only.