Subj : Number of BBSes?
To : Frank Vest
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Jan 08 2003 11:11 am
FV>> Q. How can the format of a comma delimited file have a
FV>> problem?
FV>> A. It can't. The programs that use the file have the
FV>> problems.
FV>> Note: The SLF can have as many fields as desired. It's the
FV>> programs that use the file that limit it. That limit is imposed
FV>> by the legacy software that is abandoned and can't be fixed.
ml>> nit <?> the SLF is defined to have 8 (eight) and only 8 (eight)
ml>> fields... field 8 (eight) on the other hand, is defined to have
ml>> subfields that are comma seperated just like fields 1 (one) thru 8
ml>> (eight)... this gives the /impression/ of something that is not...
FV> How many subfields?
there is no count given... the only restrictions placed on the content of field
8 have to do with the length of the Uflags (that they cannot be more than 32
characters in total) and that the UFlags are last in the line...
