Expanding Files

[Kenneth Brody]

On 5/9/2011 11:16 AM, Bob Simcoe wrote:
> Hi
> Need help with Expanding Files.
>
> fp 5.0
> windows xp
> filepro&  fp directory are in drive S (the server)
[...]
>                            ┌─────────────────────────┐
>                            │ E X P A N D   F I L E S │
>                            └─────────────────────────┘
>
>                           Enter File Name: MCCustomer
>                      The MCCustomer File Contains 3854 Records
>
>                      Room For 0 More Records.
>
>                      How Many Additional Records:
>
> I can always add records through processing and Add Records, but not in Expand Files.
>
> What should I do?

My guess is that there is "too much" space on drive S.  Some systems will 
"fake it" and return 2GB as the amount of free space, others return an 
error, and still others attempt to fit the numbers into a 32-bit value.  I 
don't know into which category XP falls.

You could upgrade to 5.6, which supports 64-bit file I/O on those platforms 
which support it (and XP is one that does).  Or, you can set PFNODF=ON to 
turn off filePro's freespace check entirely.  Note, however, that you are 
then responsible for knowing how much you can fit with dexpand, and whether 
of not a file restructure have enough disk space to succeed.

-- 
Kenneth Brody