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Displays the full length of text entry fields that are truncated.
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.
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