Thank you sir! I missed that in my search of the documentation. As always — kudos to you and your vast 4D/computer knowledge!!
Kirk > On Aug 23, 2018, at 7:55 PM, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > actually it's documented > > http://doc.4d.com/4Dv15/4D/15.6/Field-and-variable-objects.300-3836755.en.html > > Note: Text variables and fields in forms are designed to display contents of > a "reasonable" size. Beyond several tens of thousands of characters > (depending on the system), only part of the text will be accessible in the > form. > > I recall its 100,000 on windows, 383,046 on macOS. this is limitation imposed > by the system. > text editors general do optimisation by lazy loading. > > when you "copy all", you copy all including the text that is not rendered on > the window. > same with paste. > you could say that a text input area is a window to the text that resides in > memory. > >> 2018/08/24 11:15、rooftop99--- via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com>のメール: >> >> Is this normal or some residue of the applications old pre-unicode days? >> Can I change a setting to allow full view of the fields content? It is >> causing us headaches in some of our old client records... > > > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
