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You don't need File Control Blocks under NT. NT has a different way of dealing with open files than Dos used to. Why do you need FCB's?<br />
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Mike<br />

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You don't need File Control Blocks under NT. NT has a different way of dealing with open files than Dos used to. Why do you need FCB's?

Mike


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We are trying to migrate a Dos legacy system using Btrieve databases to an NT environment. &nbsp;When running a large report that creates temporary files we get the error:&quot;FCB Unavailable&quot;,&quot;Abort,Fail&quot;<br />

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We are trying to migrate a Dos legacy system using Btrieve databases to an NT environment.  When running a large report that creates temporary files we get the error:"FCB Unavailable","Abort,Fail"


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The only place that you could possibly set this would be by editing the file config.nt and placing your FCBS line there and trying it again.<br />
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Mike<br />

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The only place that you could possibly set this would be by editing the file config.nt and placing your FCBS line there and trying it again.

Mike


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mikecr - thanks, please post as answer so u can get the points<br />

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mikecr - thanks, please post as answer so u can get the points


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yeah, after setting the fcb higher it's working<br />

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yeah, after setting the fcb higher it's working


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How does one increase the FCB for DOS under Windows NT? And what is the max that this can be set to?
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How does one increase the FCB for DOS under Windows NT? And what is the max that this can be set to?

FCB in DOS/NT?

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