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 ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ 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