MONTANA DEPARTMENT FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



APPENDIX B 



Runtime Errors 



Some errors can occur when you run the MRIS Reporting Program Report Utility. Most of the 

 time these errors are minor and can be easily corrected. Common errors and possible solutions are 

 discussed below. 



I. Out of Memory 



The MRIS Reporting Program Report Utility can be a memory hog. 512K of memory is a 

 desirable amount of memory to be available before running the program. If you get an out of 

 memory error the only option is to provide more memory. Try unloading some or all of your TSR 

 programs, (programs that are loaded and stay resident in memory, for example SIDEKICK or IS) 

 or modifying your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so they are not loaded automatically. 



Note: There is public domain software called "CONFIG.EXE" which can be used to 

 create more than one operating environment which can be easily loaded. 



Note: The presence of TSR programs may also be the reason for slow performance. 

 Again try unloading some or all of yoxir TSR programs. 



II. File Opening Errors 



The MRIS Reportuig Program Report Utility requires over 140 files to be open at one time. 

 Typical CONFIG.SYS configurations do no provide for this many files to be open at one time. The 

 INSTALL utility will either change your CONHCSYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to meet the 

 files requirement or write sample CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files in the MRIS Reporting 

 Program directory. If an error message appears indicating that a file was not opened there are 

 several possible solutions. 



1) 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 = 147 or greater. An odd number 

 is recommended. 



2) Another program such as a TSR or Windows ^plication and the MRIS Reporting Program 

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

 CONFIG.SYS file. 



3) The statement SET CLIPPER =F:255 is not in the environment. This software was written 

 in Clipper, a compiler for the dBase language. In order to run the MRIS Reporting 

 Program Report Utility with more than 140 files open the SET statement must either be 



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