Hierarchical lists are stored in the structure file. There are times when it is useful to store a Hierarchical list in the data file, especially when you want user modified lists to not change when updating to a new structure file. The code is easy to develop if you store the hierarchical lists as BLOBs in a record. Here is example code for storing a hierarchical list into a record and restoring the hierarchical list from a record.

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` To save a list to a record
$list:="my_list" ` the name of the list
CREATE RECORD([Blobs])
$temp_list:=Load list($list)
[Blobs]BLOB_Name:=$list
LIST TO BLOB($temp_list;[Blobs]BLOB)
SAVE RECORD([Blobs])

` To restore a list from a record
$list:="my_list" ` the name of the list
QUERY([Blobs];[Blobs]BLOB_Name=$list)
BLOB to list([Blobs]BLOB;$temp_list)
SAVE LIST($temp_list;$list)