"Douglas Handy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Baxter,
>
> >I'll try it, but memory card is not going to work for customer.  If there
is
> >a bug/limitation in HotSync/Installer,
>
> There is no such limitation in HotSync transfers.  I've transferred
databases
> with 30,000 records in the past.  If you are using a conduit, it sounds
like
> some loop counter is an 8-bit value instead of UInt16.
>
> If you are using the generic system install conduit, then there is
something
> wrong with how you are building the PDB contents.

I'm using the generic system install conduit.  I'm assuming that something
is wrong with how the .pdb is built - question is "what".

>
> My SWAG is that you are trying to assign record IDs, but are not making
them
> unique.  Such as using an 8-bit counter starting at 1, and wrapping back
once
> you reach 255.
>
> If you leave the ID as zero, Hot Sync will assign one as the record is
inserted.
> When it is not zero, Hot Sync will check if the ID already exists, to
avoid
> duplicates.

I'll try this.  I'm assuming you're talking about the UniqueID of the
record.
>
> This is the only thing I can think of to explain your behavior where other
tools
> or methods say 270 records exist, but only 256 get instaled via Hot Sync.
>
If I use a memory card for transfer, and then Filez to copy from the card to
main memory, I get all 270 records.  I do have a problem with one file
(using this method) - which has only 20 records.



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