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Can I somehow overcome the edit window limitation, where the macro sequence is limited to 512 characters?

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Can I somehow overcome the edit window limitation, where the macro sequence is limited to 512 characters?

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It’s the FAR dialog property. In the FarDialogItem structure the Data field size is 512 characters. (the answer is relevant for FAR Manager 1.70 beta 2 and earlier; see the DIF_VAREDIT flag description) • Q: If I don’t use the Dialog function to work with dialog, how can I handle the data input? Should I write that myself? A: You can write that yourself 🙂 But you can also use the DialogAPI… • Q: If I use the Dialog function and an input line within it, will the ProcessEditorInput and ProcessEditorEvent functions work for this control element? A: No, they won’t. Use the DialogEx function instead. • Q: Can I change elements like Static (their captions) dynamically in a dialog? A: It depends on the dialog type used. After the dialog creation and Dialog function call, you can’t. But you can close the dialog, change its caption and recreate the dialog. If you do all that in a sequence it will be rather fast. If you use the DialogEx function, you can send the DM_SETTEXT message to the Di

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