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<a name="kanchor596"></a>Opening an ISYS Index
Demonstrates opening a static index or a chain of indexes.

// Fetch the ISYS engine from application scope IISYSAsp isys = (IISYSAsp) Application["ISYS"]; // Open a single index Application["ISYSIndex"] = isys.OpenIndex(@"c:\index"); // Open a dynamic chain index Application["ISYSIndexChain"] = isys.OpenIndex(@"c:\index1;c:\index2");