>>>I have an index routine that uses a KEYS.DBF file. This file contains the filename, index name, key expression and Ascending/Descending indicator.
>>>
>>>Is there a way to populate this file by reading the .dbc directly?
>>>
>>>Ideally, I'd like to run "LoadKeys()" at app startup as well as intermittently during development.
>>>
>>>TIA
>>Hi Larry,
>>
>>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.
>>
>>hth,
>
>Thanks George... So I can
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>- 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...

Hi Larry,

You're working too hard at this.:-) You don't have to issue SET ORDER. For example, TAG(1) returns the first tagname and KEY(1) returns the expression of the first tag.