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From: gunnar@imf.unit.no (Gunnar Taraldsen)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: dBASE IV
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.124902.15522@ugle.unit.no>
Date: 25 Jan 91 12:49:02 GMT
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Organization: The Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim
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I would much appreciate if someone could answer the following
questions conserning dBASE IV:

>> 1. I run into the message: "Insufficient memory ..." when
      DO'ing relatively small *.prg files.
      I have all the PROCEDURE/FUNCTION declarations in one file
      and I suppose I could save some memory if I splitt the file,
      but then the application becomes to slow.
      I run the application on a Copam 386sx with 4MB RAM.
      What shall I do??
      
>> 2. Is there a way in dBASE IV to check if a variable is defined
      and/or wich type it has? I can do it in Clipper, but...
      
>> 3. Is there a way to avoid using *.fmt (or *.fmo) and still
      associate PICTURE and FUNCTION options to selected variables
      when entering BROWSE/EDIT? (I think about speed ... I've
      tried to just put @ ... GET ... statements in front of the
      EDIT/BROWSE command, but it didn't work as expected.)
      
>> 4. Recursive calls to BROWSE/EDIT are not allowed. 
      Is there a way to get around this restriction?                  
      
      
Please respond to gunnar@imf.unit.no if you have any answers.      
      
Thanks
Gunnar Taraldsen