Alan,

I tried with that thread and saw the message at the bottom, even viewing in simple format.
BUT... there were more than 50 messages showing, though I wouldn't bet that there are 375 or so.

I get no limit message on the 180-count thread.

My **guess** is that both have a limit, but each has a different limit, and the incorrect number is being shown in the simple format.

I'll post a question to Michel.


>Jim, I just tried it on a thread of about 380 messages. Doing a browser 'find' after choosing simple format sure looked like it was working, but when I got to the bottom, there was the 50 message limit notice. The problem, I think, is that the 2 lists are in a different order, and the last item on one list is not the same item as the last one on the other.
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>Bottom line is, it didn't work for me. If you want to try the same thread, go to the search and do a search on 'florida'. Go down to about record 43 (as of today, anyway - VB/SQL thread) and choose one of the items. then try out your scenario. See if it works for you there. If it does, then I'm either completely misunderstanding what you are telling me, or I'm just plain doing it wrong.
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>Alan
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>>Alan,
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>>After I initially replied I went and tried it out on thread #706965 in the VFP forum (knowing that it was over 50 messages).
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>>When I did just the "View entire thread" the limit was 50, stopping at message #708523.
>>However, when I scrolled back up and clicked on the "See the entire thread in a simple format" (after the thread map but before the first message detail), then did a (browser) "Find" for that message number it found it and the scroll bar was only about 1/5th theway down. I then scroll-buttoned to the bottom and read Cetin's last message (approx. #184 in the thread).
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>>>Well, it was a good thought. I checked and the 50 message limit is in effect either way.
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>>>Alan
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>>>>Alan,
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>>>>SNIP
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>>>>>As far as moderately long threads are concerned, if I'm looking at it fresh, then I usually jump to the end and work backward. The 50 message limit is a real headache sometimes.
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>>>>I may be wrong about this, but I *think* that if you use the 'view thread in simple format' option that appears between the message list and the message detail when viewing the entire thread, to 50 limit doesn't apply.
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>>>>SNIP