>Folks,
>
>I use an edit box and a memory variable to monitor incoming messages in my application. Is there a practical limit to the length of the sting in the character variable, and what happens if you exceed it ?
>
>Thanks,
>Gerry.

In 2.6 it is 254... if you exced it nothing is stored/returned...

In VFP a string lenght goes up to like x million... so, you probably won't hit it.

BOb