{The following function can be added to your to your unit and called as follows:}
Locate(Table1, Table1LName, 'Beman');
{Table1 is your table component, Table1LName is TField you've add with the fields
editor (double click on the table component) and 'Beman' is the name you want to find.}
{Locate will find SValue in a non-indexed table}
function Locate(const oTable: TTable; const oField: TField; const sValue: string): Boolean; var
bmPos: TBookMark;
bFound: Boolean; begin Locate := False;
bFound := False; if not oTable.Active then Exit; if oTable.FieldDefs.IndexOf(oField.FieldName) < 0 then Exit;
bmPos := oTable.GetBookMark; with oTable do
begin DisableControls;
First; while not EOF do
if oField.AsString = sValue then
begin Locate := True;
bFound := True;
Break; end
else Next; end; if (not bFound) then oTable.GotoBookMark(bmPos);
oTable.FreeBookMark(bmPos);
oTable.EnableControls; end;