>>>>check sys(3050). also a thread or two a while back on this...
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>>>Hmmm...I tried some various settings, but sys(3050) doesn't seem to distinguish between virtual & RAM. It allows me to set memory higher than my RAM without any message...does that sound right? If so, how can we be sure that it will always use RAM?
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>>if i remember the thread correctly, it can't distinguish between ram and virtual memory (95 treats it all the same). goal was to lower amount to use little virtual memory so vfp wouldn't churn to the disk thinking it had the real thing. i think paul maskens and tom o'hare were the chief contributors to this thread. also a recent write up on this in foxtalk (april issue, i believe)
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>search here on '3050' or title VFP 3.0/5.0 Memory and performance.

Thanks, found it. They're still kind of in the 'studying it' phase, I guess, but I'll trace through what they've done...