MONTANA RIVERS INFORMATION SYSTEM 

 Rivers Report 



APPENDIX E (cont.) 



If any of the following messages appear at the bottom of the screen, one of three 

 problems has occurred. 



1) The file was not found, 



2) There are too many files open, or; 



3) The index does not match the database. 



Unable to create index xxxxxxx.NTX 

 Directory: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Press Enter. 



Index file error for xxxxxxx.DBF : field name(s). 

 Directory: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Press Enter. 



If the following message appears at the bottom of the screen a file was not found. 



xxxxxxxx.DBF was not found. 

 Directory: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Press Enter. 



SOLUTIONS: 



If a file was not found the RPRIVERS.RPT file probably has an error. See 

 Appendbc F to check the RPRIVERS.RPT file. 



If a there are too many files open there are several possible solutions. 



1) You are using a version of MS-DOS prior to 3.3. Earlier versions allow a 

 maximum of 20 simultaneous open files per process. MRIS uses more than 

 20 files. 



You can either upgrade to MS-DOS 3.3 or copy the file RPRIVERS.20 over 

 RPRIVERS.RPT. This file causes MRIS to open no more than 20 files at a 

 time. Because MRIS must open other files from time to time performance 

 will decrease. 



2) The FILES statement in your CONFIG.SYS is set too low or does not exist. 

 We recommend that the FILES statement be set at FILES =31 or greater. 

 An odd number is recommended. 



3) Another program such as a TSR or Windows application and MRIS are using 

 several files at the same time. You can increase the FILES statement in the 

 CONFIG.SYS file. 



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