Re : Limit on File Size for using Open File.vi

[jon_mcbee]

Is there a limit on a file size for using Open File.vi?  In my application I am opening and writing to file every 3 minutes or so and I am worried that if my application runs for a week that the file will get too large.  I am considering starting a new file once the file size reaches a pre determined limit.  I am curious if anyone has run into a similar situation and if anyone has a suggestion for this file size limit. 

Cheers!

[albertm]

Hi,

I have one program that wrote 4.7M of data correctly and another program that read the same data correctly and they both use Open/Creat/Replace File.

Albert

[jon_mcbee]

Thank you for the reply.  I have been doing some playing around and have been able to open and write a 50Mb file without any trouble.  I think that this puts me in the clear for my application.  Just curious if anyone has ever run into any barriers with file size?

Cheers!

[GuenterMueller]

Not yet.

The largest file currently in use on one of my applications is about 240 MB. It is written every day for backup reasons. No problems with the periodic write in the recent 3 years (neither hardware nor software).

Guenter

[Xavier.Berger]

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