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I've been happily using MapWindow 4.8.3 to generate maps using U.S. census info. However, when I assembled an especially large DBF file (maybe 200 columns by 1,400 rows), I find MW no longer works - it crashes immediately on attempting to open this file. Still works fine on smaller files. Is there
Will too large a file crash MapWindow?
Posted by: Ed Zotti ()
Date: June 24, 2011 09:20PM

I've been happily using MapWindow 4.8.3 to generate maps using U.S. census info. However, when I assembled an especially large DBF file (maybe 200 columns by 1,400 rows), I find MW no longer works - it crashes immediately on attempting to open this file. Still works fine on smaller files. Is there a file size limit? My DBF file is currently about 5.1 MB. Let me know, thanks. -Ed

Re: Will too large a file crash MapWindow?
Posted by: pmeems ()
Date: June 27, 2011 01:06AM

Ed,

This sounds as a bug. Can you submit an issue report at bugs.mapwindow.org and attach the shapefile with the large dbf-file?

Thanks,

Paul

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Re: Will too large a file crash MapWindow?
Posted by: lipscomb ()
Date: July 04, 2011 05:29AM

For what it's worth, I'm successfully opening MapWindow 4.8.3 with a DBF file that's 21 columns by 2576 rows. Filesize is 714,482 bytes. The shapefile, though, is much larger: 4,061,688 bytes.

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