Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Managing 4GL Applications

Input/output limits

Table C–1 lists the maximum number of characters you can use for input and output devices (unless otherwise specified).

Table C–1: Input/output limits 

Device	Operating system	Limit
Terminal line width	UNIX	80 to 132 columns.
	Windows	80 columns.
Printer line width	All	1 to 255 columns.
Export file	All	1 to 3,000 characters per field; 32K bytes per record.
Import file	All	1 to 3,000 characters per field; 32K bytes per record.
Streams	All	1 to 5 streams per procedure.

Note: Windows batch files limit you to no more than nine input parameters. This is a Windows limitation. Actual executables handle more than nine.