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SB+ 5.5.4 Auto Extend Field Length

  • June 10, 2022
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Kevin King
I have a customer that wants to leave Auto-Extend Field Length (from /USER.FLAGS) set to "N" so that their users can't type beyond the size of the input.  However, now they want to dip a credit card and the encrypted value returned from the chip reader is a few hundred bytes long, far too long for a single input.  Is there a way to enable the extended field length on just one prompt?

In character mode, doing a DATA "@12" in the process before on the prompt does the trick nicely.  However, that doesn't work on GUI.  Hitting Ctrl-End before the card is dipped works to extend the field length but the customer (understandably) doesn't want their users to have to press Ctrl-End before every dip.  Is there anything that can be set to enable the extended field length automatically but only on a single prompt?

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Kevin King
President
Precision Solutions, Inc.
Longmont CO US
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    • June 11, 2022
    I have a customer that wants to leave Auto-Extend Field Length (from /USER.FLAGS) set to "N" so that their users can't type beyond the size of the input.  However, now they want to dip a credit card and the encrypted value returned from the chip reader is a few hundred bytes long, far too long for a single input.  Is there a way to enable the extended field length on just one prompt?

    In character mode, doing a DATA "@12" in the process before on the prompt does the trick nicely.  However, that doesn't work on GUI.  Hitting Ctrl-End before the card is dipped works to extend the field length but the customer (understandably) doesn't want their users to have to press Ctrl-End before every dip.  Is there anything that can be set to enable the extended field length automatically but only on a single prompt?

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    Kevin King
    President
    Precision Solutions, Inc.
    Longmont CO US
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    Kevin,

    Does this help at all? https://my.rocketsoftware.com/RocketCommunity/articles/Tech_Note/How-can-you-turn-on-the-Auto-Extend-Field-Length-in-one-screen-then-turn-it-off-again-once-you-exit-the-screen-1478607677915


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    John Jenkins
    Principal Technical Support Engineer
    Rocket Software Limited
    U.K.
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    Kevin King
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    Kevin,

    Does this help at all? https://my.rocketsoftware.com/RocketCommunity/articles/Tech_Note/How-can-you-turn-on-the-Auto-Extend-Field-Length-in-one-screen-then-turn-it-off-again-once-you-exit-the-screen-1478607677915


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    John Jenkins
    Principal Technical Support Engineer
    Rocket Software Limited
    U.K.
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    John, EXACTLY what I was looking for. I'll test this right away!


    *Kevin King, President*
    Precision Solutions, Inc.
    630 15th Ave Suite 201, Longmont, CO 80501
    Phone: 303-651-7050 Fax: 720-442-9204
    Kevin@PrecisOnline.com | https://www.PrecisOnline.com

    Kevin King
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    John, EXACTLY what I was looking for. I'll test this right away!


    *Kevin King, President*
    Precision Solutions, Inc.
    630 15th Ave Suite 201, Longmont, CO 80501
    Phone: 303-651-7050 Fax: 720-442-9204
    Kevin@PrecisOnline.com | https://www.PrecisOnline.com

    John, confirmed - this worked in both character and GUI.  Thank you!

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    Kevin King
    President
    Precision Solutions, Inc.
    Longmont CO US
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