Siemens U3585-J-Z125-8-76 1 manual ISP syntax description, Length of the statements

Appendix ISP syntax description

Length of the statements

A statement issued to SM2 can extend over more than one line. Continuation lines must be indicated as such by means of a hyphen (continuation character).

When statements are entered via a data display terminal, the continuation character must be the last character in the line, i.e. the character immediately preceding the ETX character. When SM2 recognizes a continuation character during interactive data input, it requests the next input line using the ENTER command.

When statements are entered from a file, the continuation character must be in column 72 of the input line. Characters in column 73 and beyond are ignored in all lines.

The maximum permissible length of an input line is 256 characters. The maximum permis- sible length of a statement is 512 characters, a string of blanks being counted as a single blank. SM2 acknowledges the entry of a line or statement that is too long with the message LINE TRUNCATED or COMMAND OVERLENGTH.

U3585-J-Z125-8-76 423