>>>>I'm using URLDownloadToFile to download files from the internet within a VFP program. Is the VFP 2GB file limit still in play here or can I download any sized file?
>>>>Thanks!
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>>>AFAIK URLDownloadToFile() is 32 bit API function, so yes 2GB is the limit.
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>>not really QED - there are 32 bit API functions allowing you to write more than 2 GB (actually that would be 4GB as in max filesize of extended FAT) in NTFS.
>>Otherwise no 32 bit NT would have been able to do such things ;-)
>>Too lazy too look up limits or try - such sizes should be handed over to tools able to continue after error.
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>My mistake :-)
>4GB is the limit, not 2 :-(

no need for the :-(
and there are funtions in 32-bit API allowing writing even more than 4GB, as SQL server running many-digit GB databases on 32-bit-systems NTFS proves, ;-)