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by txwizard
Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:41 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: QBASIC.EXE max 16 files open at once. CONFIG FILES= no help
Replies: 12
Views: 25299

Re: QBASIC.EXE max 16 files open at once. CONFIG FILES= no

QB cannot use long file or folder names at all. It uses 8.3 naming conventions which require that long file names be called using ~n at the end of the first 8 letters where n is a number, normally 1. Folders are limited to 8 letters and numbers with ~n used for longer names. QB still cannot open mo...
by txwizard
Thu Dec 04, 2014 12:36 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: QBASIC.EXE max 16 files open at once. CONFIG FILES= no help
Replies: 12
Views: 25299

Re: QBASIC.EXE max 16 files open at once. CONFIG FILES= no

Although this thread is rather old, I decided that it was worthwhile to post a discovery that I just made about the "too many files" error that can happen when you attempt to build a project. I have confirmed that the message is misleading, and that the real issue is that the length of the...