Use SET CARRY to enable data to be carried forward from the current record to a new record or to prevent data from being carried forward. Fields that generally remain unchanged during an editing session can be brought forward for each new record. For example, a field containing the current date can be brought forward for each new record so a new date doesn't have to be entered again. Note that the contents of Memo and General type fields are not carried forward.

Modifying the structure of a table with an active SET CARRY TO <fieldlist> calls an implicit SET CARRY TO. This results in the field list containing all of the fields in the table. If you modify the structure of a table, you must reissue the SET CARRY TO <fieldlist> to reset the field list.

SET CARRY affects only the table open in the currently selected work area.

SET CARRY is scoped to the current data session.

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