file size limitation?

[dlbuhl]

I have a large data file that is continuously being added to. I want labview (in windows XP) to tell me the size of that file as it is updated, but there seems to be a 4GB threshold (I am using a U32 variable to display the size, so this makes sense). What I want to know is this - is there a way around this, or do I have to limit my file size to 4BG? Thanks!

[rolfk]

dlbuhl wrote:

> I have a large data file that is continuously being added to. I want
> labview (in windows XP) to tell me the size of that file as it is
> updated, but there seems to be a 4GB threshold (I am using a U32
> variable to display the size, so this makes sense). What I want to
> know is this - is there a way around this, or do I have to limit my
> file size to 4BG?

Checkout the OpenG Toolkit on www.OpenG.org -> OpenG Toolkit ->
Downloads. On the sourceforge page you can get from there, is a
LargeFile library for Windows you can use to do that.

Rolf Kalbermatter

[unclebump]

I ran into this same problem when using the database connectivity toolset. On a win2000 machine, the .mdb file size was limited to 1GB. I changed my DSC application to store the data in the CITADEL database. CITADEL handles all of the file naming and size issues internally.