>>
>> >Is there a way to show a progress
>> percentage bar for the reindex function? I am using VFP 3.0, will be
>> upgrading to 5.0 soon.
>>
>> Yes, but you won't like the solution.
>>
>> You need to do an INDEX ON...FOR UDF(). In the UDF you need to determine if
>> the progress meter needs to be updated and then do that if needed. THe UDF
>> should return a "" (zero length string) because the return value will be
>> returned as part of the key. The UDF() is also part of the key, so it will
>> be run everytime you access the index for a SEEK or whatever. This will
>> slow down your SEEKs. Also, the index process itself will be slower because
>> of the access to the UDF and the display of the progress bar. One other
>> thing, you can FOPEN() the CDX after you index and take out the reference
>> to the UDF...this will stop the UDF from being called all the time.
>>
>> Craig
>Hi Craig,
>could you please, give me closer informations how to take out these ref.
>I tried, but all got was damaged cdx file :-( that I had to delete and
>recreate. When I opened cdx file with modi fille ... I was able to see
>my FOR condition, but not phrase FOR.
>TIA
>Dezider
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I haven't done this myself, but I know that people have done it. What exactly did you do to replace the FOR condition?

Craig