Thus it was written in the epistle of Tracy Johnson,
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> Have any of you heard about "Long" or "Short Mapped Options" when opening
> TurboImage databases?
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The long- and short-mapped options for opening a file allow one to treat a file
simply as a large array.  HPFOpen hands back a pointer and you simply use that
pointer as a pointer to an array of whatever type you wish.  The short-mapped
option, though, has some pretty strict limits (4M/per file, 6M total in the
process) which long-mapped access does not have, though, so it would seem an
inappropriate fix for something like a backup utility.

Ted
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Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Serv, Southern Adventist University
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Mathematicians boast of their exacting achievements, but in reality they are
absorbed in mental acrobatics and contribute nothing to society.
                        -- Ogyu, Sorai (1666 - 1729)