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The Relation Manager contains the following methods.

[[addrelation  set a file relationship .htm|AddRelation (set a file relationship)]]

[[addrelationlink  set linking fields for a relationship .htm|AddRelationLink (set linking fields for a relationship)]]

[[cancelautoinc  undo autoincrement .htm|CancelAutoInc (undo autoincrement)]]

[[close  close a file and any related files .htm|Close (close a file and any related files)]]

[[delete  delete record subject to referential constraints .htm|Delete (delete record subject to referential constraints)]]

[[getnbfiles returns number of children .htm|GetNbFiles(returns number of children)]]

[[getnbrelations returns number of relations .htm|GetNbRelations(returns number of relations)]]

[[getrelation returns reference to relation manager .htm|GetRelation(returns reference to relation manager)]]

[[getrelationtype returns relation type .htm|GetRelationType(returns relation type)]]

[[init  initialize the relationmanager object .htm|Init (initialize the RelationManager object)]]

[[kill  shut down the relationmanager object .htm|Kill (shut down the RelationManager object)]]

[[listlinkingfields  map pairs of linked fields .htm|ListLinkingFields (map pairs of linked fields)]]

[[open  open a file and any related files .htm|Open (open a file and any related files)]]

[[save  copy the current record and any related records .htm|Save (copy the current record and any related records)]]

[[setalias  set a file alias .htm|SetAlias (set a file alias)]]

[[setopenrelated force open to open all the related tables .htm|SetOpenRelated (open all related tabes)]]

[[setquickscan  enable quickscan on a file and any related files .htm|SetQuickScan (enable QuickScan on a file and any related files)]]

[[update  update record subject to referential constraints .htm|Update (update record subject to referential constraints)]]

**See Also:**

[[relationmanager functional organization  expected use.htm|RelationManager Functional Organization--Expected Use]]