Limits for Forms

Item Maximum size
Form line length

80 characters

Lines on a form

22

Fields on a form 1500
Bytes on a form 10,000
Detail areas on a form 2
4GL field name

22 characters

Note: Field names must follow standard COBOL data name rules.
Field size Alpha Length of a form line (unless the field is scrollable)
Numeric 18 digits plus a decimal point and a sign (20 characters total)
Date

8 digits (input)

11 characters (output)

Time

8 digits (input)

11 characters (output)

Telephone

10 digits (input)

13 characters (output)

Phrase 50 characters
Field default value 20 characters
ADDFCS 5 action entries
CHGFCS 5 action entries
DATAFCS 5 action entries
DELFCS 5 action entries
INQFCS 5 action entries
KEYFCS 5 action entries
LADDFCS 5 action entries
LCHGFCS 5 action entries
LDATAFCS 5 action entries
LREQFCS 5 action entries
LSELECT 5 action entries
NEXTFCS

5 action entries

Note: Actions are not separated by commas.
FCPAIRS entries

26 action pairs

Note: Action pairs are separated by commas.