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   Peter to J French   
   Re: VB6 Data Filesize Limitation   
   11 May 05 05:48:30   
   
   From: peter_rabbit@shaw.ca   
      
   J French wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 11 May 2005 00:44:54 GMT, Peter  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Hi,   
   >>when creating a data file the max. filesize, under VB6, seems to be 2GB.   
   >> Is that correct and if so, is there a way around that?   
   >>Any help would be appreciated.   
   >   
   >   
   > You have to use the APIs for file access   
   >   
   > Start with CreateFile and move on from there   
   I looked at API, but I don't see how...   
   I do Open Binary as Read/Write   
   Somehow the API 'CreateFile" does not seem right. Can you help me out   
   with a snippet?   
   Thx... Peter   
      
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