Dim arrays & mapping fields

[Butch Ammon]

Good morning.

"Butch" Ammon from Super Radiator Coils here....  I'm still around, but usually 
lurking in the background.

Anyway, I have a question about DIM arrays and how filePro "sees" the array as a
group of fields.

#1) Do the fields all have to be in sequential order?

EXAMPLE:
(10)    A1)material1           10, allup
(11)    A1)material2           10, allup
(12)    A1)material3           10, allup
(13)    A1)material4           10, allup
(14)    A1)material5           10, allup

The above example is fine, as there are 5 fields in the associated field A1.  
But, what happens if, 45 fields down in the key/data I realize "Oops, I needed 5
 more fields for material.

EXAMPLE again:

(45)    A1)material6           10, allup
(46)    A1)material7           10, allup
(47)    A1)material8           10, allup
(48)    A1)material9           10, allup
(49)    A1)material10          10, allup

When defining the DIM array, will filePro "see" all 10 fields now, even if they 
are not in sequential order?

i.e.   DIM material[10]:10

I might be wrong, I might be a complete moron, but to me, the above statement 
says to lay out a DIM array starting at field 10 for a group of 10 fields.

Long story short and main question:  Does a DIM array absolutely have to be in 
sequential order when mapping fields?

Thank you for any help/guidance/psychiatric counseling/etc...

Butch Ammon
Super Radiator Coils
Richmond, VA