Windows 2000 2 GB file limit

[Don Coleman]

Nancy Palmquist wrote:

> Fairlight wrote:
>
>> The honourable and venerable Don Coleman spoke thus:
>>
>>> I have been using similar naming convention as you suggested.  
>>> However, the client neglected to monitor the file size for the past 
>>> several weeks.  They reach the 2GB file size limit approximately 
>>> every two months.  Now I guess it is up to me to have the 
>>> application monitor the file size and create a new qualifier when 
>>> needed.  My issue at present is to be able to access and view the 
>>> data in the key file that has now exceeded the MS limit.  This 
>>> client operates in a fairly regulated industry where litigation is 
>>> common and the data contained in this file details order processing 
>>> and approvals.  I am assuming that no longer being able to access 
>>> this data is not an option.  What I need is to access and view 
>>> within fP data that the OS will not allow access to.  My first 
>>> thought was to create a copy of this fP file on a *nix system, 
>>> transfer the key file to that machine, reduce the key file size and 
>>> put it back on the Windows network.  However, I'm not sure I can 
>>> even transfer it of the Win network.
>>
>>
>>
>> Erm...If you're using at least Win2000, 2GB is not the OS filesize 
>> limit.
>> I believe it may not have been even on NT4.  I know win95b has problems
>> with anything over 2GB, but that's ancient and it's only my desktop.  
>> But
>> my wife has files that are 4+ gigs and not a problem under Windows 2000.
>> They're not filePro files, but files in general.  Anything past at least
>> Win2K should be fine.  And since ours reads as using NTFS, I'm 
>> guessing it
>> worked on NT4 as well, although that's only a guess--you never know with
>> Redmond.  "Standard?  What standard?!  WE didn't write that draft!"
>>
>> So if you're on a reasonably modern version of 'doze, the OS filesize 
>> limit
>> is not your problem.
>>
>> Now the fP limitation is something fP-Tech should address eventually.
>> Probably the sooner the better.  :)
>>
>> mark->
>
>
> I have seen this 2 gig limit to be increased on the 6.0 features list. 
> So it will be addressed in that release.
>
> Nancy
>
Nancy:

Are you saying this is an fP limitation and not a MS limitation?  I 
assumed it to be another MS liability.

Donald G. Coleman, Consultant
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