Microsoft KB Archive/87626

= FoxBASE 2.17 System Specifications and Data Types =

PSS ID Number: 87626

Article Last Modified on 10/23/1999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft FoxBASE+ for MS-DOS 2.17

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This article was previously published under Q87626



SUMMARY
The text below summarizes the requirements to run and capabilities of Microsoft FoxBASE version 2.17 for MS-DOS.

FoxBASE requires 256K of memory to run. It supports the following data types:

Character

Numeric

Logical

Undefined

Although FoxBASE has no date data type, it supports several date functions, for example, CTOD and DTOC.

System Specifications
  Maximum # of files open:                              16 Maximum # of records per database:               65,535 Maximum # of characters per record:               1,000 Maximum # of fields per record:                      48 Maximum # of characters per field:                  255 Digits of precision in numeric computations:         14 Maximum # of characters per character string:       254 Maximum # of characters per command line:           254 Maximum # of characters per report header:          254 Maximum # of characters per index key:              100 Maximum # of memory variables:                      128 MS-DOS version for single user:                     2.x   MS-DOS version for multiuser:                        3.1 or higher Requires SHARE to be loaded unless running on Novell. MFOX.EXE and FOXPCOMP.EXE should be marked as read-only.   IBM/SCO XENIX version:                             3.0/5.0

Additional query words: 2.17 Fox Base maximum minimum

Keywords: KB87626

Technology: kbAudDeveloper kbFoxBASE217DOS kbFoxBASESearch kbFoxproSearch

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