SAP ABAP Data Element IMAXLEN (Maximum length of a text symbol text string)
Hierarchy
SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   BC-DWB-TOO-ABA (Application Component) ABAP Editor
     SEDX (Package) Program editor: ABAP text elements
Basic Data
Data Element IMAXLEN
Short Description Maximum length of a text symbol text string  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type INUM3    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 3    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 3    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Max. lgth 
Medium 15 Max. text lgth. 
Long 38 Max. length for text symbol text 
Heading 38 Max. length for text symbol text 
Documentation

Definition

Maximum length of the text string of a text symbol:
Possible values 1...132.
The length must be greater than or equal to the defined length. This
allows the text string to be lengthened, for example, when translated
into another language. This length is saved with each text element in the text pool (LENGTH field in the Textpool structure)

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19960906 
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