I think this is smart thinking. I will try it.

S

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Joel N. Fischoff <petrukio@rcn.com> wrote:

>>lcCmd = &blatdoit

>>lnResult = Send(lcCmd)

>>i.e. string too long to fit again

>

> Hm.  Well, upon looking, character fields have a limit of 254 characters,

> but macro substitutions should be more like 8,192.  Granted, I haven't

> played with macro substitution lately, but have you tried doing this

> directly and see if it helps?  In other words, like this:

>

> InResult = Send (&blatdoit)

>

> Though, doesn't it error out before it even gets here?

>

> Actually, I'm not sure I'm understanding what the reason for the macro

> substitution is at all?  I've never used blat at all, but couldn't you just

> send it as something like:

>

> InResult = Send("trblat.txt -t" + Lower(Alltrim(lcEmails)) + blatdoit)

>

> Where blatdoit has everything after the addressing (i.e. yank off the first

> two lines and leave the rest as is)?

>

>

> Joel

>

>

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