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Subject:Re: No more files
Date:16 Jul 2024 10:54:11 -0400
From:"Vicki" <vlscampbell@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:pnews.paradox-programming

Liz McGuire <liz@paradoxcommunity.com> wrote:
>I agree with Kevin.  The only thing I would add is to ensure all the networking
settings
>are correct.  It's been ages since I did Paradox on a network with multiple
users...
>
>LOCAL SHARE has to be TRUE.  Oplocks (Opportunistic locking) have to be
disabled.  Disk
>caching should be disabled.
>
>Oh, and I wonder if the BDE's 4GB error could be causing this.  I never
had to deal
>with this so again, I don't remember the details.  I *think* it's a problem
when there's
>an exact multiple of 4GB of disk space free.  (Or was it 2GB?)  The newsgroups
should
>have lots of discussion on this issue.
>
>Finally, perhaps one of the BDE file limits?  MAXFILEHANDLES might need
to increase?
> (I have a doc from Mike Irwin recommending 150.  I'd probably set it to
the max -
>255.)
>
>FWIW, here are the BDE settings I always use:
>
>Configuration > System > INIT
>
>RAM AMT. (MB)    256+      128
>==============================
>LOCAL SHARE      TRUE     TRUE  *******VITAL
>MAXBUFSIZE =    65536    32768
>MEMSIZE    =      180       84
>MINBUFSIZE =     4096     4096
>SHAREDMEMSIZE = 61440    28672
>
>
>Configuration > Drivers > Native > PARADOX
>
>BLOCK SIZE = 16384 (drop-down list)
>LEVEL = 7
>STRICTINTEGRITY = TRUE
>
>
>Configuration > System > Formats > Date
>All which are True/False should be TRUE
>MODE = 0
>SEPARATOR = /
>
>Liz
>
>
>On 25 Feb 2023 17:43, Linda wrote:
>> Thanks for quick answer.
>> 1) The error message "No more files" appears when I open a normal table
(.db
>> ) file or when I open a form (.fsl) which has a table in the data model.
>> It never happens if i do an immediate new try and just 1 of 10 times.
The
>> error box gives no more information. Perhaps it disappear again after
som
>> time.
>> 
>> 2) The opened table (.db) suddenly closes when I click on a field or try
>> to scroll and sometimes witout touching it. It happens just  after some
minutes.
>> All files are on a file server winServer 2019. I am not sure if the same
>> happens with local files. I will try it out first.
>> 
>> 

FYI - Uninstalling Mozilla fixed this issue for me.  I don't know why, but
I noticed when it first happened on one of our computers that Mozilla had
just been updated.  I uninstalled it and no longer get the error, "No more
files."


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