Names
The maximum number of alphanumeric characters in a PPFA name varies. The following table, Character Length for PPFA Names, shows the number of characters allowed in the PPFA names.
Character Length for PPFA Names
| Type of Name | Number of Characters Allowed |
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| Form Definition | |
COPYGROUP |
1–8 |
DEFINE CMRNAME (local name) |
1–16 |
DEFINE CMRNAME (user-access name) |
73 |
FORMDEF |
1–6 |
OVERLAY (local name) |
1–16 |
OVERLAY (user-access name) |
1–6 |
SUPPRESSION |
1–8 |
| Page Definition | |
BARCODE |
1–8 |
CONDITION |
1–8 |
DEFINE COLOR |
1–10 |
DEFINE CMRNAME (local name) |
1–16 |
DEFINE CMRNAME (user-access name) |
73 |
DEFINE QTAG (local name) |
1–16 |
DEFINE QTAG (XML tag names) |
1–125 |
DOFONT (local name) |
1–16 |
DOFONT (user-access name) |
1–125 |
FONT (local name) |
1–16 |
FONT (user-access name) |
1–6 |
OBJECT (local-name) |
1–16 |
OBJECT (external name) (See note) |
1–250 |
Secondary OBJECT (internal name) (See note) |
1–250 |
Secondary OBJECT (external name) (See note) |
1–250 |
OVERLAY |
1–6 |
PAGEDEF |
1–6 |
PAGEFORMAT |
1–8 |
SEGMENT |
1–6 |
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Note: This name is further restricted to 250 bytes. For data type UTF-16 this is a maximum
of 125 characters or less if surrogate characters are required. Some platforms have a limit of 8 characters.
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