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- From: jkc@Apple.COM (John Kevin Calhoun)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Subject: Re: Apple Events
- Message-ID: <74319@apple.apple.COM>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 00:37:30 GMT
- References: <yjc-111192170056@b61539.student.cwru.edu> <jpugh-131192214813@kip2-50.apple.com>
- Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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- In article <jpugh-131192214813@kip2-50.apple.com> jpugh@apple.com (Jon Pugh)
- writes:
- >
- >send <message> to program <zone:machine:program>
- >
- >This causes the remote machine to execute <message> which is limited to 255
- >characters for no sensible reason.
-
- The "send" keyword does not impose this limit on the length of the message.
- You can send a message that's nearly 64K in length, if you want to.
- However, if you send a message longer than 255 characters to HyperCard,
- you'll have to deal with it yourself in an "appleEvent" handler, because a
- HyperTalk command is in fact limited to 255 characters. This limitation is
- not new: you can't execute a HyperTalk command longer than 255 characters
- anywhere, not from a script, not from the message box, and not from an
- Apple event.
-
- Whether or not this limitation is sensible is a different discussion.
-
- Kevin Calhoun
- jkc@apple.com
-