scrolling field question

[Penney, John]

Greetings, Powerhouse-l 'ers

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:
FIELD BR_STATEMENT OF BUSINESS_RULES_DTL                                &
FOR 10,76 
 
 
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....
 
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.
 
Confused in RI....
 
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?
 
Driving me batty...
 
Tks again!
 

John M Penney
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