Displaying Text Greater than 256 Characters

Keywords:     display 256 characters 

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Question:

I have just been given a directive from our law department to have a Banner Notice displayed on all of our 95 and NT client workstations. I would like to use something like the Display function and simply post the banner for a few seconds, but there is a limit of 256 characters. Is there another function similar to Display that I can use? The banner text is about 600-700 characters. "Legalease" of course!

Answer:

There is indeed perhaps a 256 byte limit for the Display function.

You might try using the Message function...

Or perhaps even try:

	BoxOpen....
	BoxOpen("Please Read","") 
	WinZoom("Please Read") 
	BoxText(text) ; text from above
	TimeDelay(20) 
	BoxShut() 

If you are using something other than the Display function and run into this limitation:

Perhaps you need something like:

	line1="Wherefore....."
	line2="Hereinafter..."
	...
	line246="Aforementioned.."

	text=strcat(line1,@crlf,line2,@crlf...line246)
	Display(20,"Read This",line246)

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Article ID:   W13055

Filename:   Display Function and More than 256 Chars.txt