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Has anyone else run into the compiler error "Compiled screen description too large"?  Apparently this error means a screen description has exceeded 32k.  I added a new page with roughly 50 controls on it to a tab control and now the program gets this error when I attempt to compile it.

Is there anyway to get the 32k limit increased?

This is the second program we've had this happen to.  We had this problem about seven years ago with another program and had to rework which controls we were using on the screen to get around the problem.  Unfortunately, the way we handled the problem in that program isn't really an option this time around.

Thanks,

Jim

Has anyone else run into the compiler error "Compiled screen description too large"?  Apparently this error means a screen description has exceeded 32k.  I added a new page with roughly 50 controls on it to a tab control and now the program gets this error when I attempt to compile it.

Is there anyway to get the 32k limit increased?

This is the second program we've had this happen to.  We had this problem about seven years ago with another program and had to rework which controls we were using on the screen to get around the problem.  Unfortunately, the way we handled the problem in that program isn't really an option this time around.

Thanks,

Jim

I've encountered the issue just having too large an array in working storage. The solution for me was a temp file and using the occurs number of times as the PIC 9(6) primary key field. You may be able to do something similar with the screen section. I think it is more of a memory issue than anything else because I've used tab controls with over 100 fields on them.

Has anyone else run into the compiler error "Compiled screen description too large"?  Apparently this error means a screen description has exceeded 32k.  I added a new page with roughly 50 controls on it to a tab control and now the program gets this error when I attempt to compile it.

Is there anyway to get the 32k limit increased?

This is the second program we've had this happen to.  We had this problem about seven years ago with another program and had to rework which controls we were using on the screen to get around the problem.  Unfortunately, the way we handled the problem in that program isn't really an option this time around.

Thanks,

Jim

Essentially, you use disk space as extra memory like Microsoft does.

Has anyone else run into the compiler error "Compiled screen description too large"?  Apparently this error means a screen description has exceeded 32k.  I added a new page with roughly 50 controls on it to a tab control and now the program gets this error when I attempt to compile it.

Is there anyway to get the 32k limit increased?

This is the second program we've had this happen to.  We had this problem about seven years ago with another program and had to rework which controls we were using on the screen to get around the problem.  Unfortunately, the way we handled the problem in that program isn't really an option this time around.

Thanks,

Jim

The tab control on this particular screen probably has thousands of controls on it. The problem occurred when a new page with an additional 50 controls was added to it. Currently the only way I know of to get around the problem is to break the screen into multiple screens or try to limit the number of properties being assigned to controls on the screen to reduce the size of this particular screen. It would be nice if the 32k limit was increased.

Has anyone else run into the compiler error "Compiled screen description too large"?  Apparently this error means a screen description has exceeded 32k.  I added a new page with roughly 50 controls on it to a tab control and now the program gets this error when I attempt to compile it.

Is there anyway to get the 32k limit increased?

This is the second program we've had this happen to.  We had this problem about seven years ago with another program and had to rework which controls we were using on the screen to get around the problem.  Unfortunately, the way we handled the problem in that program isn't really an option this time around.

Thanks,

Jim

Fair request. I don't recall off-hand if the changing the limit is simply a matter of insuring proper sign extension of the 16-bit size fields or if the high-order bit has a special meaning (probably the later, unfortunately, as changing it would be more involved).

Has anyone else run into the compiler error "Compiled screen description too large"?  Apparently this error means a screen description has exceeded 32k.  I added a new page with roughly 50 controls on it to a tab control and now the program gets this error when I attempt to compile it.

Is there anyway to get the 32k limit increased?

This is the second program we've had this happen to.  We had this problem about seven years ago with another program and had to rework which controls we were using on the screen to get around the problem.  Unfortunately, the way we handled the problem in that program isn't really an option this time around.

Thanks,

Jim

I'll have to look at one of my sample listings. I think there is another way around the problem. Let me look.
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