>>>I want to index a file on descending order of fields 1 and 2 but within that on ascending oder of fields 3 - how can I do this?
>>>I have tried this but it doesn't work
>>>index on dupkey+codex DESCENDING, COPYNO ASCENDING TAG docky
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>>IF COPYNO is an integer, you can try something like
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>>index on dupkey+codex + Cast(2^31-1-COPYNO AS M) DESCENDING TAG docky && updated 'C' to 'M'
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>Sadly Copy No is an alpha field it contains Copy No 421 for example

There's always a solution with VFP!

index on dupkey+codex + Cast(2^31-1- Cast(strtran(COPYNO, chrtran(COPYNO, '0123456789', '')) AS I) AS M) DESCENDING TAG docky