I think DmSeek will perform a linear search.
Ken
> UInt recordNum = 0;
> DmSeekRecordInCategory(inDbP, &recordNum, inOffset, dmSeekForward,
> inCategory);
>
> inOffset would be 3 in your case and you'll get the number in recordNum
>
>
> Ramel Levin
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael S. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 5:56 PM
> Subject: Still no answer - Index of Selected item in Category
>
>
> >
> > I still need a solution to this problem. I want to be able
> > to delete a record that is displayed in a list that is displayed
> > on a form. The list contains items within a category.
> >
> > So there might be 4 items in the list because there are only
> > 4 items within a specific category.
> >
> > When I select item 3, for instance, I want to delete that item
> > from the database. But I need the index, within the database, to do
> > that. And the index might be 100, or 30 or who knows what.
> >
> > The only function that I see that is close is DmPositionInCategory() but
> > that appears to return the position in the list (3 in this case) and
> > not the index within the database, that is needed by DmDeleteRecord().
> >
> > Can someone explain how to get the index, needed by DmDeleteRecord()
> > when I have a subset of the database, by using a category.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
