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This is second-hand information, but I understand you will need the patch_26.exe file from FoxPro to enable it to cope with fast processors - apparently if this patch is not applied, then FoxPro will give seemingly random "Out Of Memory" errors.
The following is from TheThin.net. I've added further parameters from other sources, so hopefully this is an improvement on the original;
Regardless foxpro wants some Config.sys parameters when run. These are actually config.nt and autoexec.nt on most nt systems. You can actually point to different ones by using a .pif file, or custom icon, if you need to for different apps. Setting memory usage to Auto should help.
The "files= " parameter is actually very critical. FoxPro apps store every table as different set of up to 3 files, so set it to the max at 250 in config.nt. You may also need to add buffers=50.
It's also a good idea to give plenty of environment space using shell=%SystemRoot%\system32\command.com /e:2048
Also, foxpro apps often aren't coded for paths very well. You may need to add some search paths to your system. Watch where the app stores its temp files as well, and write an batch file to delete them on startup. FoxPro
generates huge numbers of temp files to whatever directory the coder specified. Usually the home directory of the app.
This was all I could find - I hope it helps.
CE
The following is from TheThin.net. I've added further parameters from other sources, so hopefully this is an improvement on the original;
Regardless foxpro wants some Config.sys parameters when run. These are actually config.nt and autoexec.nt on most nt systems. You can actually point to different ones by using a .pif file, or custom icon, if you need to for different apps. Setting memory usage to Auto should help.
The "files= " parameter is actually very critical. FoxPro apps store every table as different set of up to 3 files, so set it to the max at 250 in config.nt. You may also need to add buffers=50.
It's also a good idea to give plenty of environment space using shell=%SystemRoot%\system32\command.com /e:2048
Also, foxpro apps often aren't coded for paths very well. You may need to add some search paths to your system. Watch where the app stores its temp files as well, and write an batch file to delete them on startup. FoxPro
generates huge numbers of temp files to whatever directory the coder specified. Usually the home directory of the app.
This was all I could find - I hope it helps.
CE
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Thanks, I will try your suggestions.
I have another question though. We will have a combination of Win95/Novell users and Win2000/Citrix users running the same application that resides on a Novell server. In order to direct the temp files I had to eliminate it from the config.fpw. Win95 users defaulted to c:\windows\temp and Citrix users defaulted to u:\temp. This elimination seems to be working, but I thought that the default would be the location of the app.
Also, if there is anyone who has actually had any experience with win200/citrix/foxpro 2.6 PLEASE let me know anything to beware of.
I have another question though. We will have a combination of Win95/Novell users and Win2000/Citrix users running the same application that resides on a Novell server. In order to direct the temp files I had to eliminate it from the config.fpw. Win95 users defaulted to c:\windows\temp and Citrix users defaulted to u:\temp. This elimination seems to be working, but I thought that the default would be the location of the app.
Also, if there is anyone who has actually had any experience with win200/citrix/foxpro 2.6 PLEASE let me know anything to beware of.
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