Microsoft KB Archive/94827

= ACC: Description of Btrieve Section of WIN.INI File =

Article ID: 94827

Article Last Modified on 5/9/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q94827



SUMMARY
Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

Microsoft Access uses the Btrieve section of the WIN.INI file when it uses Btrieve files. After you install Microsoft Access, the WIN.INI file contains the following default settings in the [btrieve] section:

  [btrieve] options=/m:64 /p:4096 /b:16 /f:20 /l:40 /n:12 /t:C:\ACCESS\BTRIEVE.TRN



MORE INFORMATION
Although these are the recommended option settings, you can change these options in your WIN.INI file using the following table as a guide. If the option you want to set is not on the line, add the option and desired setting at the end of the line.

Option  Description                 Required Value -- /m      Memory Size                 At least 38 /p      Page Size                   4096 /b      Pre-Image Buffer Size       16 /f      Open Files                  At least 4 /l      Multiple Locks              At least double the setting for the Open Files option (/f) /n      Files in a Transaction      At least 4 /t      Transaction Filename        Valid path to a .TRN file; in a multiuser environment, the network path to the .TRN file is                                    shared by all users /u      Compression Buffer Size     If your Btrieve data files are compressed, at least the length (in kilobytes) of the longest record in your data files /i      Pre-image File Drive /c      Index Compaction /a      Activate Logging /s      Discard Unneeded Segments

