Hi Xavier
> I would assume (surely a nono) that this is text "style" information
> related.
Yes
>
> # Base file: 35 KB
> # 80,000 chars in a test field: over 250 KB
> # the same 80,000 chars in a CP: 108 KB
> #
> # Bargain ;-)
>
> on the same note but as a corollary free tip...
>
> I also found out that in NT (or win32 probably too) if you run multiple
> instances of the same program and suppose you track some changing
> information and then save it to your stack; one of the two
programs could
> overwrite that info.
It could only be overwritten by the last save so If a user to
overwrite a save from a different instance isn't that OK.
>
> The solution is to make a text file to write to. Make sure also
that when
> trying to write, the other program is not writing to it at the
same time!
> (use the openfiles() function to check this).
I will be using DDE if I can work it out to avoid multiple
instances. I'm sure they can still happen but it would avout most
occurances. The database info is stored in the stack thet it is
presented in. This saves me from having to read it all in and
present it each time I open a stack. This is why the base file if
36KB not some tiny number.
Thanks for the advice ;-)
Monte
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