IUA record sequence

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Shuman, Mike (Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:12:12 -0500):

> I know that filePro will use 'blank' records before
> it creates new records.
> If I have blank record numbers 1 thru 100, it
> appears that filePro will use number 100 first. Then
> 99, 98, 97, etc.

The order filePro reuses records depends on the order in which they
were deleted.

> Normally not a problem.  However, I have a user that wants
> their process to use record number 1 and then 2, 3, etc.
> Is there a way to force filePro to do this?

Rebuild the freechain.  This will force the freechain into
ascending record-number order.

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