>
 It does work if the string itself is used.
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strFields = "\"Assignee\",\"TStatus\",\"DueDate\",\"Cat\""


Since INDEX uses structure scheme, not a method, I don't think it would take
a var there.


Did you look at the CreateIndex method?


Peter <peterspammenot@whiteknight.email> wrote:
>Back on this project
>They are the field names in the table
>
>
>
>On 05/06/2018 05:09 a.m., Steven Green wrote:
>>> strFields = "\"Assignee\",\"TStatus\",\"DueDate\",\"Cat\""
>> 
>> are these examples the field names or the vars? you have the syntax 
>> kinda half-and-half
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> Lots of posts on this topic but I did not find anything that addressed
>> this question.
>> 
>> The following code does not work if using a string variable (strfields,
>> strname)in the indexing block. It does work if the string itself is
>> used. Shouldn't it accept a string variable? Thank you for any comments.
>> 
>> strFields = "\"Assignee\",\"TStatus\",\"DueDate\",\"Cat\""
>> strname = "AssStaDue"
>> 
>> tbl.attach(strTbl)
>> ;create secondary index
>> if tbl.lock("FULL") then
>>     Index tbl
>>       maintained on strfields
>>       to strname
>>     endIndex
>> else
>>     msgInfo("TABLE LOCK","Cannot lock the table to restructure")
>>     errorShow()
>> endIf
>> 
>> tbl.unlock("FULL")