Hello,

I had a file that had grown too large (about 1.2 gig), so I created a related file which has allowed me to reduce the number of fields in the big file by nearly 50%. The problem is FM does not seem to be doing it's 'deleting free space' thing properly on exiting, and the file size has not reduced, even though it's got about half the data that it had previously.

On exiting the 'finding free space' (or whatever it is) appears, but the search only goes for a shot period (not long enough for FM to be looking through all of the file).

Strange thing is, Windows Explorer currently reports exactly the same file size now down to the Kb, even when I have added or deleted records.

Can anyone tell me what's going on, or what I can do to fix this?

Thanks very much.

Glenn

You need to "Save a copy as" with "Type = compressed copy (smaller)"

Try File Maintenance under Tools in the menu bar and select Compact File to remove free space from the file.

Thanks very much for the replies. The "Save copy as.." worked fine and file size considerably reduced.

Kent - no Tools in the menus. Maybe that's FM7 perhaps?

Thanks again, much appreciated.

Kent - no Tools in the menus. Maybe that's FM7 perhaps?

I think it is only available in v8 Advance.

Lee