Determining If an Index Tag Is Ascending or Descending

 Last reviewed: June 27, 1995
Article ID: Q99920
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a
  • Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, and 2.5a

You can use the following function to determine if an index tag is in descending order. It returns a true value for index tags in descending order, and a false value for tags in ascending order. 

   FUNCTION isdescend
   IF "DESCENDING" $ SET("ORDER")
      RETURN .T.
   ELSE
      RETURN .F.
   ENDIF

Additional reference words: FoxDos FoxWin 2.00 2.50 2.50a
KBCategory: kbprg
KBSubcategory: FxprgGeneral

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Last reviewed: June 27, 1995
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