Definition of the number of characters of a string variable (P-EXTV-00022)

P-EXTV-00022

Number of characters of a string variable

Description

This parameter can increase the permissible number of characters of string variables from 21 to 128 characters (each including the termination mark).

If the addresses of the V.E. variable is specified in 24-byte blocks (see Memory layout), make sure that 128-byte variables of the STRING type are assigned several 24-byte blocks in the memory layout and that the index is incremented accordingly (cf. variable arrays).

Parameter

use_extended_string_var

Data type

BOOLEAN

Data range

TRUE, FALSE

Dimension

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Default value

FALSE

Remarks