<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span></span></div><div>Greetings, Powerhouse-l 'ers</div><div> </div><div>I have a field 2046 characters in length on an RMS file and I just wish to populate the first (say) 760 characters on a screen thusly:</div><div> </div><font size="2" face="r_ansi"><font size="2" face="r_ansi"><div>FIELD BR_STATEMENT OF BUSINESS_RULES_DTL &</div><div>
</div><div> <b>FOR </b>10,76 </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Well, try as I may I get exactly 512 bytes when I enter data (no >> or << to indicate next screen or previous) and the cursor just refuses to go any further. Stops, same on changemode....</div><div> </div><div>I cribbed liberally from an existing screen has a 2040 field that is 16, 76 and it works like a proverbial charm. Now it IS an Rdb table but it's still just a column/field and it scrolls perfectly.</div><div> </div><div>Confused in RI....</div><div> </div><div>Appreciate any and all hints- am I missing something obvious or is there an inherent limitation for a character field from an RMS file I'm not aware of?</div><div> </div><div>Driving me batty...</div><div> </div><div>Tks again!</div><div></font></font> </div><div> </div><div><b><div><span><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">John M
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