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ORDLISTADD()
Add orders to the order list
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Syntax
ORDLISTADD(<cOrderBagName> [, <cOrderName>]) --> NIL
Arguments
<cOrderBagName> is the name of a disk file containing one or more
orders. You may specify <cOrderBagName> as the file name with or
without the path name or appropriate extension. If you do not include
the extension as part of <cOrderBagName>, CA-Clipper uses the default
extension of the current RDD.
<cOrderName> the name of the specific order from the order bag to be
added to the order list of the current work area. If you do not specify
<cOrderName>, all orders in the order bag are added to the order list of
the current work area.
Returns
ORDLISTADD() always returns NIL.
Description
ORDLISTADD() is an order management function that adds the contents of
an order bag, or a single order in an order bag, to the order list.
This function lets you extend the order list without issuing a SET INDEX
command that, first, clears all the active orders from the order list.
Any orders already associated with the work area continue to be active.
If the newly opened order bag contains the only order associated with
the work area, it becomes the controlling order; otherwise, the
controlling order remains unchanged.
After the new orders are opened, the work area is positioned to the
first logical record in the controlling order.
ORDLISTADD() is similar to the SET INDEX command or the INDEX clause of
the USE command, except that it does not clear the order list prior to
adding the new order(s).
ORDLISTADD() supersedes the DBSETINDEX() function.
The active RDD determines the order capacity of an order bag. The
default DBFNTX and the DBFNDX drivers only support single-order bags,
while other RDDs may support multiple-order bags (e.g., the DBFCDX
driver). When using RDDs that support multiple-order bags, you must
explicitly SET ORDER (or ORDSETFOCUS()) to the desired controlling
order. If you do not specify a controlling order, the data file will be
viewed in first order.
Examples
. In this example Customer.cdx contains three orders, CuAcct,
CuName, and CuZip. ORDLISTADD() opens Customer.cdx but only uses the
order named CuAcct:
USE Customer VIA "DBFCDX" NEW
ORDLISTADD("Customer", "CuAcct")
See Also:
INDEX
SET INDEX
USE
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