>When I USE a .DBF (interactively) and the associated CDX file does not exist, I have the option to ignore the error and the .CDX is no longer required.
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>How do I do this in code?
>If I get an error 1707, I can trap it, but big deal, the .DBF still doesn't end up open...
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>I thought that maybe SET SAFETY OFF would allow code to open a DBF w/o its matching CDX but no luck.
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>What am I missing?
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>Thanx!

I have the same situation. I trap the error and issue a RETRY. The first time it errors should remove the association, on the RETRY it should be able to use the table just fine. Just in case, I only let it RETRY 300 times and then issue my error message routine so that it won't get stuck in a loop under different circumstances.

Marcus.