I doubt it's 260 given that the max length for a FoxPro string literal is 254.

+++ Rick ---

>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>I could not find 'helpstring' in Help. I also did a very quick google search and it didn't bring an answer.
>>
>>I'm trying to use this method in a class:
>>
>>

>>procedure ModifyPass(tcSalesPoint as string, ;
>>		tcOperator as string, ;
>>		tcWhichKey as string, ;
>>		tcPrefix as string, ;
>>		tnPassNo as double, ;
>>		tcFieldName as string, ;
>>		tvFieldValue as Variant, ;
>>		tcPhysLocation as string, ;
>>		tcPassNo as string,
>>		tlOverwriteNumeric as Boolean ;
>>		) as string ;
>>		helpstring "Modify a field in a pass record and log the change. Numeric changes are added or subtracted to the existing value unless tlOverwriteNumeric is set to true, all others are overwritten."
>>	

>>I added a new tlOverwriteNumeric parameter today and modified the helpstring. It now doesn't compile. I don't know what exactly is wrong here, can you suggest?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>
>From here:http://computer-programming-forum.com/77-vc-atl/01381f9743128ca2.htm
>
>The maximum length is 260 characters.
>I'm not sure if this is true :-)