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From: maller@applelink@apple.com (Steve Maller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: 32 K limit on field size in HC 1.2 and 2.0
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Date: 1 Oct 90 20:16:00 GMT
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In article <7374@umd5.umd.edu> pevans@umd5.umd.edu (Peter Evans) writes:
> Does HC 2.0 have a similar (30K) limit on field length?

Yes. We have the same old limit. Its actually a limit in the Macintosh 
TextEdit, which we chose to use so we could be compatible with the Script 
Manager. The SM allows us to work with non-Roman languages (Kanji, Hebrew, 
Arabic, etc...).

Steve Maller
HyperCard Engineering Team
Apple Computer
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