Too many files open

All my programs are written in dBase 5.0 for Dos
and running on Windows 98 & 2000 workstations.

I had to buy two computers and I ordered them
with XP Pro. When I try and run my program in XP, it
tells me I have to many files open (at 17).

Is there a config.sys or something similar in XP
that I can set, all I can find is Windows XP no
longer uses a config.sys.

I am running this program on a Novell network and when I
start the program it calls in 55 different databases. Of
the 55 dbf's, 47 are used for one program and 7 for the
other. I can't really decrease the number of files open
because the program will not load all the tables it needs
to run.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

Try a files=100 in config.sys.

Assume you mean Ashton Tate's dB? Is it running in a
DOS window? If running under DOS (or command in XP),
you need to have plentyof file handles.

Recommend you consider Access - any possibility?

lUCK!

Pop

"Gary Hill" wrote in message
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| All my programs are written in dBase 5.0 for Dos
| and running on Windows 98 & 2000 workstations.
|
| I had to buy two computers and I ordered them
| with XP Pro. When I try and run my program in XP, it
| tells me I have to many files open (at 17).
|
| Is there a config.sys or something similar in XP
| that I can set, all I can find is Windows XP no
| longer uses a config.sys.
|
| I am running this program on a Novell network and
when I
| start the program it calls in 55 different databases.
Of
| the 55 dbf's, 47 are used for one program and 7 for
the
| other. I can't really decrease the number of files
open
| because the program will not load all the tables it
needs
| to run.
|
| Any advice is appreciated.
|
| Thanks
|

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 16:23:15 -0800, Gary Hill wrote:

All my programs are written in dBase 5.0 for Dos
and running on Windows 98 & 2000 workstations.

I had to buy two computers and I ordered them
with XP Pro. When I try and run my program in XP, it
tells me I have to many files open (at 17).

Is there a config.sys or something similar in XP
that I can set, all I can find is Windows XP no
longer uses a config.sys.

I am running this program on a Novell network and when I
start the program it calls in 55 different databases. Of
the 55 dbf's, 47 are used for one program and 7 for the
other. I can't really decrease the number of files open
because the program will not load all the tables it needs
to run.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

As in other versions of Windows, you can edit the shortcut of each program
with customized settings. For a more global setting to be used with the DOS
emulator environment, check the autoexec.nt and config.nt files. Settings
can be added to these. The files contain some commented text with
descriptive guidelines.

--
Sharon F
MS MVP - Windows Shell/User