Not an object file message

[rollypac]

I am running a program (basic2.prg) which opens and closes alot of tables. It will run if I only use 17 tables when I add the 18th one I get this messsage - basic2.fxp is not an object file. Any ideas why I am getting this message and how get it to run using more than 17 tables?

 

[Koen Piller]

Hi RolyPac,
There does not seem to be a limit of 16 tables in Visual FoxPro (which version are you using?) I presume there is something wrong with your coding and or the last table you try to open. I suggest (for testing) to change your coding, move the obsolete table to a higher position and if foxpro keeps offending suggest you post your coding.
Regards,
Jockey

 

[Mike Lewis]

Jockey,

There does not seem to be a limit of 16 tables in Visual FoxPro

Not true. The 16-table limit applied to the early versions of Foxbase. In all versions of Foxpro, it is substantially more. The current limit is 65,535.

In any case, the message "Not an object file" suggest some sort of corruption in the FXP. My first reaction would be to recompile it.

Mike


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[alvechurchdata]

The 16-table limit applied to the early versions of Foxbase

I don't have FoxBase to hand but my FoxPlus Help says:

A workarea may be SELECTed by specifying the workarea number (1 through 10) or letter (A through J).

But that's a red herring. I agree with you that there's probably something up with the fxp and rollypac should just delete it and try again.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[Mike Lewis]

Geoff,

So ... 10 in FoxPlus. Also dBASE III Plus and dBASE IV, if memory serves. What was the limit in FPD? 24? 32? Can't remember.

Mike


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[TamarGranor]

The limit pre-VFP was 25, though I have a vague memory of it being different if you were using the extended version.

Tamar

 

[alvechurchdata]

FPW 26 was 225.

Always stuck in my mind as being a peculiar value and I did wonder whether it was a typo for 255 but I found that SELECT 225 worked and SELECT 226 didn't.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[Mike Lewis]

Geoff,

Always stuck in my mind as being a peculiar value

Maybe it really was 255, but they reserved 30 areas for internal system tables of some kind.

Just a thought.

Mike


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[TamarGranor]

I think it was 25 for the standard version and 225 for the extended.

Tamar

 

[Imaginecorp]

Hello Rollypac.
What version of Fox are you running? I dont think the error has to do with the number of tables opened, but somehow the program is not getting recompiled after changes. Delete the .Fxp and recompile the program after your changes i.e. increasing tables from 17 to 18