Dennis Two more ways to do this:
1/ you can use BASIC but it's a slight pig.. The SelectIndex statement selects keys from an index. But it generates a select list, so you need to be careful about segregating these e.g. if calling from a SUBR() in an Idescriptor. 2/ a way I'm clearly not recommending but that happens to work rather well :) The index is actually just a type 25 file with simple inverted records (key = indexed values, fields = key of records under the index). If you can find which of the index.nnn files in the I_filename directory is that index (should match the order they appear in the LIST.INDEX statement), you can just create a file pointer to it. Or, if you want to be safer, use an OpenPath in BASIC and hold the pointer in named common... Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Dennis Bartlett > Sent: 14 March 2008 10:04 > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: [U2] Indexes > > My dumb question for the day (just cant remember how to... > and the manual's example is too simplistic...) > > How do I programmatically get an index value out, eg I have a > STOCK file, and a REPAIRS file. Whoever designed this needs > their head read, but the repairs file only has the stock code > as a reference in the record. I have indexed the repair file > on stock code, and need to create a report on the stock file > of how many items are under repair. > > 1. UniverseBASIC code? > > 2. is this possible from an Itype? > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
