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Q87626: FoxBASE 2.17 System Specifications and Data Types

Article: Q87626
Product(s): Microsoft Fox Miscellaneous Products
Version(s): MS-DOS:2.17
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 23-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS, version 2.17 
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SUMMARY
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The text below summarizes the requirements to run and capabilities of Microsoft
FoxBASE version 2.17 for MS-DOS.

FoxBASE requires 256K of memory to run. It supports the following data types:

  Character
  Numeric
  Logical
  Undefined

Although FoxBASE has no date data type, it supports several date functions, for
example, CTOD and DTOC.

System Specifications
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  Maximum # of files open:                              16
  Maximum # of records per database:                65,535
  Maximum # of characters per record:                1,000
  Maximum # of fields per record:                       48
  Maximum # of characters per field:                   255
  Digits of precision in numeric computations:          14
  Maximum # of characters per character string:        254
  Maximum # of characters per command line:            254
  Maximum # of characters per report header:           254
  Maximum # of characters per index key:               100
  Maximum # of memory variables:                       128
  MS-DOS version for single user:                      2.x
  MS-DOS version for multiuser:                        3.1 or higher

Requires SHARE to be loaded unless running on Novell. MFOX.EXE and FOXPCOMP.EXE
should be marked as read-only.

  IBM/SCO XENIX version:                             3.0/5.0

Additional query words: 2.17 Fox Base maximum minimum

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxBASE217DOS kbFoxBASESearch
Version           : MS-DOS:2.17

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