BigText Data type
Version: Available or changed with runtime version 1.0.
Handles large text documents.
Instance methods
The following methods are available on instances of the BigText data type.
| Method name | Description |
|---|---|
| AddText(Text [, Integer]) | Adds a text string to a BigText variable. |
| AddText(BigText [, Integer]) | Adds a text string to a BigText variable. |
| GetSubText(var Text, Integer [, Integer]) | Gets part of a BigText variable. |
| GetSubText(var BigText, Integer [, Integer]) | Gets part of a BigText variable. |
| Length() | Retrieves the length of the text stored in this BigText instance. |
| Read(InStream) | Streams a BigText object that is stored as a BLOB in a table to a BigText variable. |
| TextPos(Text) | Gets the position at which a specific string first occurs in this BigText instance. |
| Write(OutStream) | Streams a BigText object to a BLOB field in a table. |
Remarks
This data type cannot be shown in a message window or be seen in the Debugger. The maximum length of a BigText variable is 2,147,483,647 characters and this corresponds to 2 GB. You can use the BigText methods to manipulate a BigText variable, for example to extract part of a BigText variable or to add a text string to a BigText variable. The normal string methods cannot be used with a BigText variable.