How to query a Foxpro .DBF file with .NDX index file using the OLEDB driver in C#

Question

I have a Foxpro .DBF file. I am using OLEDB driver to read the .DBF file. I can query the DBF and utilize its .CDX index file(cause it is automatically opened). My problem is that I want to query it with the .NDX index file (which is not automatically opened when the .DBF is opened). How can I open the .NDX file in C# using OLEDB driver cause the DBF is really big to search for a record without the index? Thanks all! Here is the code I am using to read the DBF.

OleDbConnection oleDbConnection = null;
        try
        {
            DataTable resultTable = new DataTable();
            using (oleDbConnection = new OleDbConnection("Provider=VFPOLEDB.1;Data Source=P:\\Test\\DSPC-1.DBF;Exclusive=No"))
            {
                oleDbConnection.Open();
                if (oleDbConnection.State == ConnectionState.Open)
                {
                    OleDbDataAdapter dataApdapter = new OleDbDataAdapter();
                    OleDbCommand command = oleDbConnection.CreateCommand();

                    string selectCmd = @"select * from P:\Test\DSPC-1  where dp_file = '860003'";
                    command.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                    command.CommandText = selectCmd;

                    dataApdapter.SelectCommand = command;
                    dataApdapter.Fill(resultTable);
                    foreach(DataRow row in resultTable.Rows)
                    {
                        //Write the data of each record 
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        }
        finally
        {
            try
            {
                oleDbConnection.Close();
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed to close Oledb connection: " + e.Message);
            }
        }

Answer 1

ndx files wouldn't be opened by default and those are a thing of the past really, why wouldn't you simply add your index to your CDX. If it is not an option, then ExecScript suggestion by DRapp is what you can do. He was very close. Here is how you could do that:

string myCommand = @"Use ('P:\Test\DSPC-1') alias myData
Set Index To ('P:\Test\DSPC-1_Custom.NDX')
select * from myData ;
  where dp_file = '860003' ;
  into cursor crsResult ;
  nofilter
SetResultset('crsResult')";

DataTable resultTable = new DataTable();
using (oleDbConnection = new OleDbConnection(@"Provider=VFPOLEDB;Data Source=P:\Test"))
{
  oleDbConnection.Open();
  OleDbCommand command = new OleDbCommand("ExecScript", oleDbConnection);
  command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
  command.Parameters.AddWithValue("code", myCommand);

  resultTable.Load(cmd.ExecuteReader());
  oleDbConnection.Close();
}