>Is there a convienent place in Help or otherwise where you can lookup the various limitations that exist with VFP such as the maximum number of fields in a table, max files size, max number of records, etc. It seems like I have seen this somewhere but I can never find it when I need it.

You're the second person today asking that question. :)
See Re: Where to find Capacities in Help Message #1176066. In the Index look for system capacities