>>It was simple to write a short routine to rewrite the table. If the CDX is missing, byte 28 is simply changed to zero(0), unless it has a memo file, which would make it 2. Then, the table can be opened without errors, to rebuild the index.
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>You might want to consider saving yourself a bunch of time and grief by looking at Stonefield Database Toolkit. It'll resolve the problems you've been working on....

Thanks, Doug. I have reviewed SDT and it looks impressive. However, I am just about at the end of my production cycle, and wanted to add one last feature that would handle missing files. However, if a client wants to mess around with deleting files, maybe I shouldn't expect the program to compensate any more than Windows would if I were to delete the SYSTEM.DAT file.