>>>I have a file called nb3qupt.txtg that is 2,143,701 KB is size. When I do MODI FILE in VFP 5.0a I get an error saying that the file is too large.
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>>>I have also tried it with MODI COMM. Same error.
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>>>The network drive where the file resides is an NTFS drive.
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>>I believe you could call up Wordpad for a large file like that. However, it's quite slow loading...
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>I need to see if Word Pad loads the entire file and uses virtual memory to do so. I have tried several shareware editors including Ultraedit and Notebook. I have also tried Word. They all choke.
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>Notebook tries to use virtual memory. But I only have about 250MB of virtual memory laying around. Besides, it's too slow loading.
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>Thanks for the response, Bob
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