Re-setting your copy of the BDE (Borland Database Engine)

If you get an error mentioning "MaxFileHandles," you will have to do a little "tweaking" manually to get everything working together.

• Point to the "Start" button at the bottom left of your screen.
• Click on "Find"
• Click on "Files or Folders"
• Type in "bdeadmin.exe" (without the quotation marks) and then click on "Find Now"
• Once the file has been found, double click on it (it will be in the bottom window, just below where you filled in the name of the file)
• Click on the tab marked "Databases," and then, under Databases, click on "Datastart" (Note: if, in the window, there is a "+" next to Databases, click on that plus to expand the list to see all of the possible databases. Then click on Datastart.)
• Click on the tab marked "Configuration", on the "+" next to "System," and then on "INIT"
• Find the line marked "MAXFILEHANDLES" (the 8th line). Change the number on that line to 200.
• Press <ENTER>, so that the number 200 is accepted.
• Press the "X" in the upper right portion of the window. You should get a message asking whether to save the change. (If you do not get this message, redo this process.)
• Continue. Go enjoy DATASTART^TM. Please let us know if you run into any other problems. (james@datastart.org)


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