Larry,

[snip]
In VFP 7:
select * from mytable where 1 = 0 into cursor mycursor readwrite

IN VFP 6:
select * from mytable where 1 = 0 into cursor c_temp nofilter
use dbf('c_temp') again alias mycursor in 0
select mycursor
use in c_temp

This gives you the structure with indexes.

[end snip]

OK, I'll bite. The SQL SELECT statement with a simple WHERE filter creates a pointer into the source cursor. The "ReadWrite" VFP7 clause and the "USE... AGAIN... IN 0" VFP6 commands create a new file on disk with the same header.

How do the indexes get carried along?

Actually, I just gave this a shot and the index did NOT come along. Am I missing something?

Regards,
Thom C.