>I tried to use the search in the VFP help, but could not fund the required topic. Perhaps I did not use the right keywords. The advantages of printed documentation is that one can quickly flip through pages to find the required information. Moreover, after some use, one starts getting a feel that such and such topic is in a particular section of the book, thus it becomes easier to find info.

Type:
System capacities
in index.
PS: In practice unlimited (who would open hundreths of tables at a time).
Cetin