Microsoft KB Archive/21480

VIEWCOB and Large (Greater Than 40K) Tables PSS ID Number: Q21480 Article last modified on 06-16-1988 PSS database name: B_COBTools

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MS-DOS

Summary: When attempting to load a program that contains a 40K table into VIEWCOB, the following error message is generated:

“The files with extensions .cob .dbo could not be opened”

If the table is reduced to 39K, no error message is generated. You can work around this problem by avoiding the use of more than 39K arrays. VIEWCOB is more demanding of data segment memory than RUNCOB. It is possible for a program to run without error under RUNCOB, but it can fail to load under VIEWCOB. Loading files with greater than 40K tables causes VIEWCOB to exceed the data segment.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1988.