>In the Load Event of a form, I am creating a CURSOR from which to validate user input.
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>In the Debugging process, I have noticed that I cannot create an index tag on the CURSOR without SET DELETED ON.
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>Without SET DELETED ON, when the code gets down to the INDEX ON command, it trys to index on the E:\ADI\EBAAData\OrdrHdr file (the result is that I get an error message stating that file is read-only, which is good because altering that file's CDX would be a big no, no), even though I specifically SELECT curOrdrHdr just before the INDEX ON command.
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>Would appreciate explanations / suggestions. Here's the code...
>
>

>*prjChgOrder.frmNewChgSD.Load
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>* To create CURSOR for Invoice number validation & to provide ShpNam data...
>
>SELECT ;
>	Invoice, ;
>	ShpNam ;
> FROM E:\ADI\EBAAData\OrdrHdr ;
> INTO CURSOR curOrdrHdr ;
> ORDER BY Invoice
>
>* Furnish index to accomodate SEEK programmed into form.
>SELECT curOrdrHdr
>INDEX ON Invoice TAG Invoice
>
>USE IN SELECT( "OrdrHdr" ) && Clean up from above SQL SELECT
>

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Chuck,

Add NOFILTER clause to your select statment. That will force foxpro to create a physical cursor instead of filtered view of underlaing table.