>>I'm working on a data transfer project where ARC files are expanded into new directories and ADIR() is used to return the file names and file count.
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>>When there are more than 65,000 files expanded, VFP 6.0 errors with Too many variables. (array limit reached).
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>>How can I test for the number of files prior to calling ADIR()???
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>>I considered running DIR * TO FILE (filename) but I figure, the overhead of
>>writing a 65,000 line file to disk multiple times, is more than the system will bear.
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>>Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.
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>>_Curtis
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>In addition to what Cetin and Ed said, you can loop through the directory using SYS(2000). If you are only dealing with files (and not directories), it will most likely work for you.

Yep - the only problem is that you have to iterate through the entire directory just to get the count.