Re: AppleWorks 5 limits

[mmunz@inconnect.com (Mark Munz)]

In article <16.48918671.Logic.IS@logicbbs.org>, Jim.Low@logicbbs.org wrote:

>AppleWorks 5 has a maximum limit of 16,249 lines in the WP or the same
>number of records in the database.  I'd like to get more lines/
>records in my files.  Some time ago, I heard that it's "impossible" to
>patch AppleWorks to allow more.  The answer was "the entire program
>would have to be rewritten."

That is a correct statement.

>I never understood the word "impossible."  I recall there was a patch
>for AppleWorks 2 to allow up to 22,000 lines.  The patch was done by
>eliminating one feature of AppleWorks -- the capability of formatting
>disks within the program.

Note that "impossible" is quoted because it is not technically impossible
but simply a matter of time and effort (as is most things with computers).
AppleWorks is pretty hard coded with values. While it is theoretically
possible to break the line count into chunks of memory that were line
count, that would mean loss in speed and some sophisticated rewriting of
AppleWorks' WP.

>I wonder if the same sort of thing couldn't be done with AppleWorks 5
>-- allow more lines if some feature, such as formatting, was removed.

Back in the AppleWorks v2 days, AEExpander would allow more lines by
eating up the 2nd bank of HiRes memory. That meant that you could not
display any hi-res graphics inside of AppleWorks. I believe this was still
possible in AW v3, but in v4 & v5, the memory is always reserved (and
can't be used for pointer space).

My recommendation would be to break up your document into several documents.

Mark Munz