>I have upgraded my system RAM from 32 to 64 MB and now FoxPro 2.0 doesn't
>run. I know it is an old product, but I still have some projects written in
>2.0, that sometimes need updates.
>Is there any patch to run FoxPro 2.0 with more than 32 MB RAM?.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ignacio Cuadrado.
>igcua@vasertel.es
The 2.0 can't use Extended memory (I'm not sure if there was an extended
version of it, it may be able to use it). The trick is to give it
Expanded memory (using Emm386 or QEMM), and limit the amount of it it
can use by either playing with config.fp settings, or with the EMS
driver settings. Just give it between 2 and 4 megs of EMS and it should
purr.
Extended versions of FP for DOS were quite happy with lots of XMS, and
they took all the memory they could get, and it really sped things up
when the app started running - due to extensive internal cashing etc,
but it increased the load time, because FPD had to manage this memory
first, initialize it, calculate various buffer sizes etc. I've noticed
some load delay when I've added the second 8M, but then it never choked,
no matter how big the tables (ok, this was with 2.6 extended).