I don't kow, but just want to say that you should put your
DELETE TAG ALL *before* the PACK.

That *might* also get around the problem.
Alternately, you should check to see if HAZARD.cdx exists first (FILE(), and if not, bypass the DELETE TAG ALL.

good luck,

JimN

>I am building a Reindexing routine with the following code structure:
>
> USE HAZARD IN 0 EXCL
> SELECT HAZARD
> PACK
> DELETE TAG ALL
> INDEX ON HAZ_CODE+STR(CAR_NO) TAG HAZARD OF HAZARD
> INDEX ON DELETED() TAG DELETED OF HAZARD
>
>This works fine except when the .CDX does not exist in which case the error is 1707=Structural CDX File is not found.
>
>Suggestions to circumvent that would be appreciated.