Microsoft KB Archive/26687

Mac Works: Maximum Characters Sent from Dial Command

PSS ID Number: Q26687 Article last modified on 10-22-1998

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MACINTOSH

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= SUMMARY =

In the Microsoft Works Communications module, if you send a long character string from the Dial command, the word “ERROR” may appear on the computer screen.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The longest character string that Works 1.x and 2.x can accommodate is 50 characters. However, most modems have a limit on their command buffer. For Hayes modems, the command-buffer limit is 40 characters. If the command string is longer than this, the modem returns an “ERROR” response.

Microsoft Works versions 3.00 and 4.00 may also generate the word “ERROR” if a long character string is entered for the number dialed. The maximum number of characters allowed for the number dialed is defined by the modem in both Works 3.00 and 4.00.

KBCategory: kbusage kberrmsg KBSubcategory: macworkskb

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Keywords : kberrmsg Version : 1.0 1.1 2.0 3.0 4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.