The RapidFile database program has various internal limits to what it can cope with. The following restrictions are known ... most of them are taken from the manual.
Parameter |
Value |
| Maximum database file size | 10 megabytes according to the manual, but one user has reported using a file larger than 13.5 MB. |
| Number of records in a database | 64,000 |
| Record size | 7,500 bytes |
| Maximum data in one field. | 254 bytes if stored within the database file but 64,000 bytes if stored in an external memo file. |
| Number of fields in a database | 250 |
| Length of an expression in a field definition | 240 bytes |
| Number of saved layouts and snapshots. | 250 in total. |
| Memo size | 64,000 bytes |
| Merge file record length | 4,000 bytes |
| Files visible in directory listing | 186 |
| Keystrokes in a macro | 240 |
| Total macro keystrokes per macro type | 1000 or thereabouts |