Subj : Number of BBSes?
To   : Frank Vest
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Jan 08 2003 11:11 am

 FV>> Q. How can the format of a comma delimited file have a
 FV>> problem?
 FV>>  A. It can't. The programs that use the file have the
 FV>> problems.
 FV>>   Note: The SLF can have as many fields as desired. It's the
 FV>> programs that use the file that limit it. That limit is imposed
 FV>> by the legacy software that is abandoned and can't be fixed.

 ml>> nit <?>  the SLF is defined to have 8 (eight) and only 8 (eight)
 ml>> fields... field 8 (eight) on the other hand, is defined to have
 ml>> subfields that are comma seperated just like fields 1 (one) thru 8
 ml>> (eight)... this gives the /impression/ of something that is not...

 FV> How many subfields?

there is no count given... the only restrictions placed on the content of field 
8 have to do with the length of the Uflags (that they cannot be more than 32 
characters in total) and that the UFlags are last in the line...

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