Dave,

<< Well, I've decided to pursue this some more and I'm looking at the source
code for DbSys. I need to add an OnTextIndexFilter event to remove the tags
in the full text index for one of the fields. Where do I do this in DbSys?
This needs to be done whenever the index is rebuilt, as is the case when the
table is re-indexed, altered, repaired or
optimized.>>

Just set the event handler in the main form's FormCreate right before here:

procedure TMainForm.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
>>>>>>>
  Engine.FilterRecordCounts:=False;

Just use something like:

Engine.OnTextIndexFilter:=MyTextIndexFilterEventHandler

and then stick your MyTextIndexFilterEventHandler as a method of the main
form.

<< (This seems to be a heck of a lot of work just to allow my app to strip
out tags in the text for a full text index-but it's going to have to get
done.) >>

Yes, which is why EDB has this type of functionality in DLLs.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com