This command opens the
EXPLODE window
to display text that could not be fully displayed in the narrow width
of a text entry field. If a window displays a maximum of 10 characters
in a text entry field, and the value displayed in that field contains
20 characters, only the first 10 are displayed. To see the entire
20 characters, enter EXPLODE on the command line, place the cursor
on the text entry field, and press the ENTER key. The resulting
EXPLODE window
displays up to the first 255 characters of the text entry field, with
any blank spaces retained.
In the
EXPLODE window,
you can edit all the text in the field, but only if the field is accessible
for read and write. You cannot edit read-only fields, nor can you
edit any part of a field that is longer than 255 characters. However,
the EXPLODE command displays the first 255 characters of any text
entry field from Version 7 or later.
The
EXPLODE window
displays text on five lines of 51 characters. Each line is edited
individually. Text does not scroll from one line to the next as you
add and delete characters. Selecting the OK button concatenates the
text on any of the five lines into the single text entry field, preserving
any blank spaces in between.
EXPLODE is best used
by assigning the command to one of your function keys. Enter the KEYS
command to display and edit your function key assignments.
To use a function key
to issue the EXPLODE command, position the cursor in a text entry
field and press the function key.
The EXPLODE command
cannot expand normal text fields.