HOWTO: Programmatically Display Index TagsID: Q108611 2.50x | 2.00 2.5x | 2.5x 2.60a WINDOWS | MS-DOS | MACINTOSH kbprg kbdisplay kbui kbcode The information in this article applies to:
By using the following program, you can quickly display the index tags available for the current database, rather than making the user open the View window and then the database setup. CLEAR x=1 && used for both tag counter and screen coordinate counter IF LEN(TAG(DBF()+".cdx",1))>0 @x+3,2 SAY "Tag Name" @x+3,22 SAY "Index Expression" DO WHILE LEN(TAG(DBF()+".cdx",x))>0 SET ORDER TO ALLTRIM(TAG(DBF()+".cdx",x)) @x+5,2 SAY TAG(DBF()+".cdx",x) @x+5,22 SAY IIF("DESCENDING"$UPPER(SET("ORDER")),"Dsc", "Asc") @x+5,27 SAY KEY(DBF()+".cdx",x) && SAME AS SYS(14,x,DBF()) x=x+1 ENDDO ELSE @2,2 SAY "No tags defined." ENDIF RELEASE x Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin FoxMac 2.00 2.50 2.50a 2.50b 2.50c 2.60a index tag @ say KBCategory: kbprg kbdisplay kbui kbcode KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral Version : MACINTOSH:2.5b,2.5c,2.6a; MS-DOS:2.0,2.5,2.5a,2.5b; WINDOWS:2.5,2.5a,2.5b,2.6,3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a Platform : MACINTOSH MS-DOS WINDOWS Issue type : kbhowto |
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