Microsoft KB Archive/69479

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File: Application Limits and Capacities
Last reviewed: October 27, 1994

Article ID: Q69479

Summary:

Below is a listing of limits and capacities for Microsoft File.

Memory
Percent of memory free displayed in &quot;About File&quot; - Lesser of Far and Heap memory

Far memory limit - Available memory under Finder; allocated

application memory under MultiFinder Heap memory limit - 64K (no way to allocate this)

Data File
Maximum number of records - Disk space (theoretically 65,535)

Maximum total number of fields - 1,023

Maximum number of data fields (number, text, and date) - 253 or 2K of data

Maximum number of picture and memo fields - 59 (version 2.00)

Maximum number of computed fields - 1,023

Maximum number of indexed fields - 41

Maximum number of characters in a text field - 255

Maximum number of characters in a memo field - 32,767 (version 2.00)

Form
Maximum length and width of form - 455 inches

Maximum number of characters in a field name - 31

Maximum number of characters in a computed field formula - 255

Maximum number of characters in a text label - 32,767

Miscellaneous
Maximum number of sort levels - 9

Maximum number of fonts shown in Set Font list box - 20 (version 1.00)

32 (version 1.0x) 128 (version 2.00) More Information:

More detail about some of these limitations can be found by querying on the type of limitation. For a listing of some of these limitations, refer to Appendix A on page 219 of the &quot;Microsoft File for the Apple Macintosh&quot; manual.