SUMMARY

Some Bob information fields (boxes) have character number limitations. The following article describes these limits.

MORE INFORMATION

The Bob field character limits are the following:

Bob Password 20 characters

Personal Information

First name 12 characters Prefer to be called 12 characters Last name 24 characters Home town 49 characters (only 21 appear) Birthday 2 characters each - month, day 4 characters year

About Your Household

Address 75 characters (only 33 appear) Apt./P.O. Box/RR 75 characters (only 33 appear) City/Town 49 characters (only 33 appear) State/Province 49 characters (only 33 appear) Zip code 19 characters (only 16 appear) Country 49 characters (only 19 appear)

Address Book

Address book name 80 characters. Title (surname) 15 characters (only 6 appear) First name 50 characters (only 12 appear, but name can expand into last name field) Last name unlimited (only 27 appear) Address unlimited (only 66 appear) City 83 characters (only 32 appear) State 83 characters (only 33 appear) Zip code 83 characters (only 32 appear) Country 83 characters (only 33 appear) Home phone unlimited (only 19 appear) Fax phone unlimited (only 19 appear) Work phone unlimited (only 19 appear) Work phone 2 unlimited (only 19 appear) Other (phone) unlimited (only 19 appear) Special Days -date unlimited (only 21 appear) -kind of day unlimited (only 23 appear) Notes unlimited (only 292 appear)

Calendar

Event Input balloon unlimited (up to 314 display in the Input balloon)(up to 44 display in the Day line display)(up to 12 display in the Week display line)(up to 13 display in the Month display line) To Do List unlimited (up to 29 display) Find an Event balloon unlimited (up to 27 display)

Checkbook

Filename 32 characters Bank name 255 characters (only 50 appear) Minimum balance 9 digits (up to 1 million) Balance displayed 9 digits (up to 1 million) Account number 22 characters. Account name 32 characters. Amount entered 9 digits (up to 1 million) Payee name 32 characters Active payees 8000 (recommended limit) Memo field 250 characters Number of accounts 63 per file Transactions 32,765 per file Category and Sub-Category 32 characters (displays only 17) Number of Categories and Sub-Categories 253 (combined) Password 18 characters Bill Basket: - Date 10 characters - Frequency 20 characters - Number 8 characters - Payment 9 digits (up to 1 million) - Deposit 9 digits (up to 1 million) - Category & - Sub-category 32 characters (only 17 appear) Reports: - Category Field 32 characters - SubCategory 32 characters - Memo Field 250 characters (reports print up to 72)

NOTE: When you type amounts, Bob allows you to type up to 18 characters. However after you press ENTER, you receive an error message stating you can only use 9 digits.

E-Mail

Cubby Name 12 characters Message Title unlimited (displays only 45 characters) GEO Safari:

Players name 32 characters (displays only 20) Players age 0-999 characters. Timer 1-60 seconds (default 45 if < 10 years) (default 60 if > 10 years)

Household Manager and Financial Guide

Number of Lines in List 1000 Maximum number of lists Based on memory and disk space Maximum columns per list 26 including 1 notes column Notes 9600 characters List name 32 characters List name description 131 characters Column name 50 characters (must begin with letter) Column Information: - A lot of words unlimited (only 255 are accepted) - Just a few words 255 characters (only 61 are accepted) - Dates 6 digits with 2 slashes. - Currency 10 digits + decimal + 2 commas (displays $99,999,999.99) - Numbers 8 digits + decimal + 2 commas (displays 99,999,999)

Letter Writer

Letter Name 32 characters (only 24 appear)

KBCategory: Kbusage KBSubcategory: B_Shell

Additional reference words: w_bob ignored truncated min max limit constraints ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1995.

Microsoft KB Archive/131134

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