It is true and yet it is not. Rick Strahl wrote an article showing there are things you can do (and not do) with HUUGE files read in using FileToStr():
https://www.west-wind.com/wconnect/weblog/ShowEntry.blog?id=882 Since the Original Poster (anyone remember him :)?) was only performing read-only functions on the file once read in, this should work. On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 5:57 AM, Thierry Nivelet <[email protected]> wrote: > Mentioned in "Visual Foxpro system capacities" > > Thierry Nivelet > http://foxincloud.com/ > Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud > > Le 1 mai 2017 à 23:20, [email protected] a écrit : > >>> the help file does >>> say a 16MB limit on memory variables > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4sqru069eje5wlqrjk9o0syzldpdrv2bxmxomq0dix...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

