Each column in formatted and single display only displays up to 259 characters
Each column in the formatted and single display can only display up to 259 characters. This is a a limitation imposed by the native Windows implementation of tables, which the Eclipse platform uses, and is recognised as a known issue on the Eclipse platform.
Workaround
- Split a column which needs more than 259 characters into multiple columns using a File ManagerĀ® template.
- Display the data in Character mode.
Column header truncation after approximately 3,000 characters in column headers
When the total number of characters exceeds approximately 3,000 in total, column headers start to get truncated. This is a known limitation imposed by Eclipse's use of the Windows implementation of the table control.
Workaround
- Use a File ManagerĀ® template to re-order columns so that columns of your interest appear first.
- Use a File ManagerĀ® template to specify held columns so that columns of your interest appear first.
- Use the Locate Column action to locate a column. The column header text will be missing, but the values will still be visible.
Alignment of text value and corresponding hex value display
Depending on the type of records used by the resource being edited, the alignment of the text value display and the corresponding hex value display can be not aligned. This is due to the fact that some text values occupy multiple bytes for the corresponding text in UNICODE (eg. DBCS characters, UNICODE characters).
Undo/Redo limitations
- The Undo and Redo actions are only available while editing in Character Mode.
- Additionally, enabling or disabling hex view while editing in Character Mode will clear the undo buffer.
Binary data preservation limitation in CHAR mode when working with multi-bytes character set
- When non-displayable characters are encountered in CHAR mode, it replaces the value with '.'. The editor attempts to preserve the original data value if '.' is preserved in the editor. However, this logic becomes unreliable when a multi-byte character set is used for the edit session (eg. DBCS character sets and UNICODE). For such scenarios, we recommend to separate text fields from binary fields by applying an appropriate template/copybook. The binary data preservation only works when you are dealing with single-byte character sets.
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