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Bt_ATables() Function
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Bt_ATables() Function
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Bt_ATables() Function
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Purpose
Store DDF dictionary table names and file names in an array
Prototype
FUNCTION Bt_ATables ( cPath AS STRING ) AS ARRAY PASCAL
Argument(s)
| <cPath> | Location of the FILE.DDF file. |
Return
| ARRAY | A 2-dimensional array where each row consists |
| of 2 elements. The first element of each row contains the tablename |
| as found in the Data Dictionary. The second element of each |
| row consist of the fysical filename |
Description
To read the names the function opens the FILE.DDF file in the current directory. If this file does not exist, the resulting array will be empty. In all other cases the array contains at leat the names of 3 data dictionary tables: X$File, X$Field and X$Index. It may also contain the names of the two additional dictionary tables X$FieldExt and X$Comment.
Example(s)
local aTables as Array
local i as DWORD
aTables := Bt_Atables()
For i := 1 to aLen(aTables)
? aTables[i,1], aTables[i,2]
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