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Object name longer then 255 ??
Hillie Bosshart
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Join date: 18 Dec 2006
Posts: 5
05-20-2007 15:22
Hi,

I was looking to create a save backup for some parameters and checked the object description and the object name. To check I did wrote a small test thing to put in a string into the objectname
Because it was a fast test I created a string from 0 to 9 and copied that 26 times (260 chars).. I runned the test and checked in edit mode and found 63 chars so the wiki was correct.

When I did a llSay to list the object name I saw the complete string of 260 chars returned to the chat ! But if I have to believe the Wiki max chars is 255?

Is this a new "Bug" or am I the last on that knows this?


btw I searched in the forums with some different keywords and couldn't find information about the above.


Regards,
Hillie
Osgeld Barmy
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Join date: 22 Mar 2005
Posts: 3,336
05-20-2007 15:43
its a form of a hole yu can cram much more into the name feild but it will only display 255

if i remember correctly some others have played around with this, maby they will chime in but i got the impression that this was not to be relied on becuase the name would eventually be truncated
Hillie Bosshart
Registered User
Join date: 18 Dec 2006
Posts: 5
05-20-2007 17:17
From: Osgeld Barmy
its a form of a hole yu can cram much more into the name feild but it will only display 255

if i remember correctly some others have played around with this, maby they will chime in but i got the impression that this was not to be relied on becuase the name would eventually be truncated



Yes I think you are right... I will only use the first 255 positions to be safe..
I used 6 prims as a sort of status leds... and now I have a solid state mem of 1,5 kilobyte :)

Thx for youre quick recation.

Hillie