Finding the Max size of a character field

[thatch]

I'm getting into some problems putting data into ACT! Contact Fields due to size limitations. Is there

a way to find out the Max size of a field?

For example, below I find the first business line1 of a contact and I then want to put a value into that field.

However, if the field is too large, this will fail. Hence, I want to limit the amount of data that goes into the field.

Dim Field_Record_Object As Act.Framework.Contacts.ContactFieldDescriptor

Field_Record_Object = ACTFM.Contacts.GetContactFieldDescriptor("TBL_CONTACT.BUSINESS_LINE1", True)

Field_Record_Object.SetValue(ACT_Contact_Item, "A very Large field ...")

I need to be able to limit the field by the max size allowed in ACT! i.e.

Field_Record_Object.SetValue(ACT_Contact_Item, strings.left("A very Large field ...", MaxFieldSize))

How do I find the Maximum Field Size? I looked at all the properties of the ContactFieldDescriptor but did no find

anything re. field size. Am I missing something?

Thanx in advance...

[Carlton_Jones]

I think you're looking for... 

FieldDescriptor _yourField;

_yourField.Attributes[FieldProperty.Length] = new LengthAttribute(int.Parse(aString));

Pretty sure there is a 'getter' in there somewhere for the FieldProperty.Length.

I believe the same thing exists withing a ContactFieldDescriptor.

[thatch]

Thanx. I tried it and it works. Couldn't find the FieldProperty.Length definition so I reversed engineered the number (it is 1) and it worked fine then.

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