Name type
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Operating system
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Limit
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External procedure
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UNIX
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1 to 58 characters, plus a 2 character extension.
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Windows
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1 to 255 characters, plus a 2 character extension.
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Pathnames
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All
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1 to 255 characters.
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Table Field Field-level widget Index
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All
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1 to 32 characters; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and these special characters: # $ - _ % & Names must begin with a letter.
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Local variable of a routine Variable data member of a class Property of a class Run-time routine parameter
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All
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1 to 128 characters; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and these special characters: # $ - _ % & Names must begin with a letter.
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Internal procedure Block label Query Frame widget Browse widget Menu widget Submenu widget Menu item widget
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All
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No set limit; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and these special characters: # $ - _ % & Names must begin with a letter.
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Stream
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All
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1 to 12 characters; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and these special characters: # $ - _ % & Names must begin with a letter.
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Tables in the convmap file: Attribute table Collation table Conversion table Case table
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All
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1 to 20 characters; can consist of any combination of letters (a-z or A-Z), numbers (0-9), and the hyphen character (-).Names must begin with a letter.
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