Expand Files Question

[Laura Brody]

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 17:20:10 -0400, John Esak <john at valar.com> wrote:

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
>> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Laura
>> Brody
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:05 PM
>> To: Henry Melancon; filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>> Subject: Re: Expand Files Question
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:42:05 -0500, Henry Melancon
>> <hemelancon at gifinc.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Windows Server
>> > Filepro 5.0
>> >
>> > Why would I get a message which states "Room for 0 more
>> records" when I try to expand files?  I have gigabytes of storage
>> available on the server.  I am trying to upgrade from 4.8 to 5.0
>> and I am getting this message when expanding files on my test server.
>>
>> 	filePro v5.0 and earlier doesn't know how to handle
>> 2 gigabytes (or larger) of hard drive space, so you have to
>> tell it "don't check for HD space". Set the environmental
>> variable PFNODF=NO.
>>
>> --
>> Laura Brody
>
> Okay, I'm going to byte on this one... I see you have PFNODF  
> (NO-Disk-Free
> check... I assume) being set equal to NO.  Shouldn't it be YES?

	Dammit. I gotta stop answering e-mail when the kids
are bouncing around the room.....

	The REAL correct answer is:

set PFNODF=ON (default is OFF)

	or buy a copy of v5.6 which knows how to deal with large
hard drives without this environmental variable.
-- 
Laura Brody
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