>>I have an index routine that uses a KEYS.DBF file. This file contains the filename, index name, key expression and Ascending/Descending indicator.
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>>Is there a way to populate this file by reading the .dbc directly?
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>>Ideally, I'd like to run "LoadKeys()" at app startup as well as intermittently during development.
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>>TIA
>Hi Larry,
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>The table and tag names are present but not the expression. You could use the KEY() function to retrieve those. I did something similar in FPW, and it isn't that hard to do. Of course, didn't have the DBC so I had to use other functions.
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>hth,

Thanks George... So I can

- USE the table
- SET ORDER TO tagname
- save KEY() info

and that should do it? sound simple enough, I'll try it right now.

Thanks again...