Albert,

I've been using QUAD for many years now and have been able to edit files
containing more that 3 million records.  Your problem is caused by the size
of QUAD's work file, which is built as ..;REC=768,,f,binary;disc=2047.., the
error you are describing occurs when the mods 'use up' the entire work file.
The last time I poked around QUAD's code, some years ago, the 2048 limit was
'hard coded' and could not find any way of altering it.  The more recent
versions of QUAD, specifically the native mode versions, have been enhanced
to check the value of the jcw 'QUADFILESIZE' and use its setting to build
the work file.  You may want to 'play' with that jcw for your site.

Regards

Paul H. Christidis

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Subject: QUAD - GET WORK KEY
Author:  [log in to unmask] at CCGATE
Date:    09/10/97 09:01 AM


Whenever I have a file in QUAD and the line numbers get to be about
30000 or more and I try to Keep the file I get a 'Get Work Key' error.
I usually work around it but I would like to know if there is a setting
somewhere that will allow me to Keep larger files in QUAD.

Sincerely,
Albert Greene
Interstate Van Lines, Inc.
Springfield, VA  22152