Q89669: FoxBASE+ Configuration and Capacity

Article: Q89669
Product(s): Microsoft Fox Miscellaneous Products
Version(s): MS-DOS:2.1
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Last Modified: 23-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS, version 2.1 
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SUMMARY
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The text below lists the system requirements and capacaties for FoxBASE+.

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Recommended FILES Settings
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  CONFIG.FX files=20
  CONFIG.SYS files=30

The FILES value in CONFIG.SYS must be ten greater than the FILES value in
CONFIG.FX. For more information on these settings, refer to the FoxBASE+ "User's
Guide."

Calculating how many files are open
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- One for each temporary file.

- One for each program, no matter how many levels of code are involved.

- One for each index. (Up to seven indexes per work area, 21 total.)

- One for each database that has a memo field.

- One for each database file (Up to ten database files.)

- One for each format file.

FoxBASE+ Default and Maximum Files
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  Total number of files 48
  Procedures per procedure file 128
  Levels of program nesting 24
  Default file setting 16
  Maximum number of indexes open 21
  Maximum number of indexes per file 7

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbFoxBASE210DOS kbFoxBASESearch
Version           : MS-DOS:2.1

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