[DUG] Where am I in a file (dbf)

[Alister Christie]

You could check that recordcount > 0 (provided that you only have a 
small number of records), (Dataset.EOF and DataSet.BOF), if they are 
both true then your dataset is empty.
That is if I'm reading your question correctly.

Alister Christie
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Marshland Engineering wrote:
> I have two files. The second file is linked to the first. I'm trying 
> to check if I am on a valid record when I open the second file. If I'm 
> on a valid record, I return the correct record number with recno.  If 
> not I get 21474836. Where does this number come from?  The problem is 
> that if I try and read an "invalid" record I get "Invalid variant type 
> conversion." Is there a better way to find out if I am on a valid record?
>  
> Thanks Wallace
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