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The MOVEFIRST, MOVELAST, MOVENEXT, and MOVEPREVIOUS statements allow you to
make records current according to their relative position on the current
index in an ISAM table:
 
  MOVEFIRST       First record becomes current.
  MOVELAST        Last record becomes current.
  MOVENEXT        Next record becomes current.
  MOVEPREVIOUS    Previous record becomes current.
 
MOVEFIRST [#]filenumber%
MOVELAST [#]filenumber%
MOVENEXT [#]filenumber%
MOVEPREVIOUS [#]filenumber%
    ■ The argument filenumber% is the number used in the OPEN statement
      to open the table.
 
Usage Notes
    ■ The action of the MOVEFIRST, MOVELAST, MOVENEXT, and MOVEPREVIOUS
      statements is made relative to the current record, according to the
      current index.
    ■ Using MOVEPREVIOUS when the first record is current moves the current
      position to the beginning of the table. The beginning of an ISAM
      table is the position before the first record according to the
      current index.
    ■ Using MOVENEXT when the last record is current moves the current
      position to the end of the table. The end of an ISAM table is the
      position following the last record according to the current index.