Strings longer than 255 characters

A question for all the logic/pascal gurus out there.

Is there any way of storing strings longer than 255 characters ?
I am trying to send IR commands over a ip socket to a IR Blaster but I am stuck as the commands i need to send are over 1000 characters long .

E.g

Dakin18DegOn = 'sendir,2:1,10,37091,1,1,128,64,16,48A16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16A16,48,16,16A16,48A16,48A16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,48A16,48,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,1100,128,64A16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16A16,48,16,16A16,48A16,48A16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16A16,48,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,48,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,48,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,48A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,4747' ;

results in "Error C266 - String constant too long"

 

Why not just break it up into several smaller strings, then send them one after another.

I obviously don't know the specifics of the device your talking to, but I would try that as a simple solution first.

Cheers

Rohan

 

Build them up at run-time using the append command:

Code:

// Global Variables
bigString: array[0..2000] of char;

//Initialization
bigString := 'sendir,2:1,10,37091,1,1,128,64,16,48A16,16,16,16, 16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16A16,48,16,16A16 ,48A16,48A16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,1 6,16,16A16,48A16,48,16,';
append(bigString,'16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16, 16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16 ,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,1 6,16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16');
append(bigString, ',16,16, 16,16,16,1100,128,64A16,16,16,16,16,16A16,16,16,16 ,16,16,16,16A16,16A16,48,16,16A16,48A16,48A16,16,1 6,16A16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,16,');

etc etc.

 

Thanks for that and Thanks for the quick reply