>>I have read that the default Novell client allows up to 170 file handles. Would that mean 170 files open at the same time, or 170 open throughout the execution of the app. If a file is open and then closed, is the file handle released?
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>>Brenda
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>It means 170 files open at the same time, but remember that Foxpro opens temp files and those (as far as I know) are included in the total.
>If a file is closed the file handle is released.

That and some other default settings are also pretty much fatal to VFP or Foxpro databases. Make sure to set all the buffering settings off, and to set extended file handles on, this usually gets around this problem.