CALLed Table Question

[GCC Consulting]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Bob Stockler
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 9:11 PM
> To: filePro Mailing List
> Subject: CALLed Table Question
> 
> filePro 5.0.07 on SCO OSR 5.0.6 UNIX and Windows Me.
> 
> I have the same two processing tables on both systems.  One 
> of them calls the other one.  The calling one is an @MENU 
> input process.
> 
> On UNIX I start the calling one in a shell script with:
> 
>   $PFPROG/fp/dclerk fPfile -s0 -y '' -z calling -t 200000
> 
> On Windows I start it in a batch file with:
> 
>   %PFPROG%\fp\dclerk fPfile -s0 -y '' -z calling -t 200000
> 
> On both systems, in the "config" file, I have PFTOKSIZE set to 200000.
> 
> I can use rcabe to tokenize the CALLed table with no problem 
> on either system.
> 
> All works OK on UNIX.
> 
> On Windows Me, when I get to the line that CALLs the "called"
> table I get the filePro error (at the line where the CALL is made):
> 
>   The tokenization table is too small.
>   Use '-t biggersize' to make it bigger.
> 
> If I change "dclerk" to "rclerk" in the batch file it works 
> on Windows, but I need it to work with "dclerk".
> 
> I've tried putting the line:
> 
>   set PFTOKSIZE=200000
> 
> in the batch file before the "dclerk" command, with no help.
> 
> The only other thing I can thing of to make it work is to add:
> 
>   Then: PUTENV "PPFTOKSIZE", "200000"
> 
> in the calling table before the CALL is made, but there must 
> be a better way, and I need it to work on UNIX and Windows 
> (with dclerk) without this work-around.
> 
> I can't understand why the value of PFTOKSIZE isn't carried 
> over from the "config" file or from the -t argument to dclerk.
> 
> Any help out there for a Windows-innocent filePro programmer?
> 
> Bob
> 
> PS - And I need it to work on filePro 4.8.11 as well.
>
Bob,



I use the following settings in my config file native 5.0.xx:

PFTOKSIZE=600000
PFAUTOKSIZE=350000
PFFORMTOKSIZE=500000

These settings seem to work well as I have not received any error messages since
I set these values.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting