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Conference ilbbak::ibi_focus

Title:	FOCUS, from INFORMATION BUILDERS

Moderator:	ZAYIUS::BROUILLETTE

Created:	Thu Feb 19 1987
Last Modified:	Mon May 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	615
Total number of notes:	1779

37.0. "The Rumor Mill" by MEMV03::SHELTRY (Wayne - MEM Finance IS - Acton) Mon Feb 15 1988 12:39

    Is there anything to the rumor that IBI may lift the restriction
    of 8 character file names and 12 character field names in the
    next release of FOCUS?  I think these limits were a unfortunate
    carryover of FOCUS's IBM roots.  I asked the question of IBI when
    I was working with FOCUS about 3 years back.  Their response was
    "don't hold your breath".
    
    Thanks,
    Wayne

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
37.1	restrictions on names	ILO::MCKNIGHT	Mike Mcknight 890-2516 MIS ESDC	`Tue Feb 16 1988 08:16`	7
	I remember reading somewhere that IBI were abandoning the 12 char fieldnames altogether in the next major release. I am not so sure about the filenames Mike.
37.2	32 chars and CDD support	FDCV18::FISDSS		`Fri Mar 25 1988 17:08`	5
	I heard they will expand fieldnames to 32 chars in 1989 when they add support for the Corporate Data Dictionary. Richard