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"Jeff Hill" <[email protected]> · Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:48:27 -0700

Yes, this is a limitation of CA. A new variable length string type should be
placed on the list.

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Heinrich du Toit
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:26 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: string monitoring in medm
> 
> Aint this another one of those nasty limits in Channel Access?
> 
> Do you really need it as 1 long string?
> How about splitting it up into multiple smaller strings?
> 
> -Heinrich
> 
> Umashankar Panda wrote:
> > Dear Sirs,
> >
> > I am usuing medm as the user interface. I have some async record in
> > string format whose character size is more than 40. I am getting the
> > value in precord after modifying the base code for handling strings
> > upto 80 characters. But, now my problem is that this data is not
> > getting fully displayed in medm. The size is limited upto 40 in medm.
> > This also happens in probe too.
> >
> > Can anybody please suggest a solution for this problem?
> >
> > Ultimately, I need to display the strings in a message box with
> > srcolling facility also. The data is the status of the helium
> > liquefier printed in ASCII format through a serial port.
> >
> > Thanking you
> >
> > With regards
> >
> >
> > Umashankar Panda
> >
> > Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
> > India.
> >

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