I have been using ECCO Pro for many years.  I use it to run my business and I love it.  Well my main file got to about 28 meg and I started running into memory problems.  Mainly the Out-of ID's error message, which essentially killed the program, since everytime the error message came up and I hit "OK", it would immediately reappear.  The only way out was control-alternate-delete.  
 
I figured out that if I took a backup file that was not yet past the memory limit, I could disconnect the file from the Master file (I use synchronized ECCO on three machines), I could rename the file and make it a new Master file.  After reducing the file's overall size to about 5 meg.  Problem solved, right?  Wrong.  I've had to disconnect about three times in the last few months and reducing file size does very little to solve the problem.  
 
Now I'm getting the "Unable to complete command, low memory condition detected" whenever I add a note.  I downloaded "memory reporter and ran it with the following results:  16,597 Items, 17,547 View Lines, 17,936 Pointers and 47,591 Free.  Nothing to suggest that I'm near any memory limits.  
 
I'm desparate.  My business is on hold.  What do I do now?

Thanks for your reply.
 
And please, pardon my ignorance, but I'm confused.
 
First, I checked my folders for auto date stamp and don't ever recall ever using it.  I didn't even know it existed.  I've got about 160 folders and randomly checked for auto assign rules and the only one I found was "Net Location" which Assigned "http:#" to the folder, but only ten entries were in the folder.  Do I have to individually check all 160 folders for auto assign rules?
 
My largest date folders (which I believe doesn't count - correct me if i'm wrong) contains about 1500 items and the largest non-date folders have less than 600 items, based on double clicking on the file in the folder window and checking the number of items in the scratch pad.  I assume the number of items is correct.  
 
Where do I go from here?

I found the Date Stamp folder - didn't know it existed - and followed your directions and it worked.  
 
Thanks a million.
 
Rick

Quote from rmellon on 04/29/10 at 13:26:33:

 
1. you have plenty of space in your file.
 
2. not orphans or would not show up in your notepad.
 
2a. Slang extension auto-catches most orphans and is good for most purposes (EM ADT will catch all orphans).
 
3. Might suggest the ecoomagic (classic) [eccomagic.com]  tool and to copy (or cut) with folder values and paste into archive file.
 
this way you can archive WITH ALL FOLDER VALUES INTACT (including auto-date, etc.)  which can be helpful.