>I have a client that is trying to run the application for the first time from a workstation over the network and they recieve the error "Too Many Files Open". They are running Novell 4.1 for their network. The Server is running Dos version 6.2. The workstation that he is trying to run the app is running Windows 98.
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>My app was written with VFP 6.0. My first question is can they install this on a Dos based server? Maybe this is the cause of their error? Any other ideas?
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>Thanks,
>Paul

Paul,
What do you mean DOS based server? If it is truly DOS 6.2 then no they can't. Every file open by your application is actually opened on the server itself. Your application receives handles to those open files.

The file limit for DOS 6.2 was 255. With the average size of an application, the # of open files for your application (tables, CDXs, FPTs, etc.) plus whatever the server machine itself needs will quickly reach that limit with no more than 3 users accessing it.

Question: How are they running Novell 4.1? That should be the file server. Network OSs (Novell, NT) can handle many more open files than a DOS system ever dreamed of.