Lucy24@... wrote:

> >> I vaguely recall that the difference in characters in a VAR name
> must occur within the first 15 or 16, though the names may
> be much longer - like 31? characters. I don't find anything in
> the FB^3 documentation that spells this out. Does anyone know
> for sure? The Reference would be nice. <<
>
> "vaguely recall" probably means that you're remembering this from pg 361 of
> the FBII Reference manual (or pg 458 in the FBI ref, if your memory goes
> _way_ back):
>
> "length [can be] up to 240 characters. Only the first 15 are significant."
>
> I couldn't find a corresponding statement in the FBIII ref. (I've got 1.4.)

Geeze, Lucy - thanks!

I knew it was there somewhere. Now, I need to know - do these
same limitations apply to FB^3? I'm trying to list FB^3s limitations
and, as best I can determine, there is no equivalent to FBII's
Variable Name Rules in FB^3's documentation. Help anyone?

Joe Wilkins