Livecode limits: max formattedHeight

[trevix]

I would like to know if there is a place where I can find the field text limits of Livecode (max chars in a line, max number of lines, etc).

I am asking this because I have a Log field that, when needed, I can check on desktop and mobile to see what happened in my app.
Log files can be quite big, for their own nature, but I set a limit, on launch, for the number of lines that get saved, but I guess it wasn't enough.

Today, opening the log, the script stopped with an error: "value is not a number" on the following line

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   set the height of field "DebugList" of me to tFormattedHeight

tFormattedHeight was more then 200000, because I limit the number of lines on launch and I hadn't launched the app in a while.

So, my question is:
is there a limit for formattedHeigh?
is there a limit for the number of lines in a field?
where can I find these informations?

Thanks
Trevix

[LCMark]

@trevix: The limit here is in the height of a field - not it’s formattedHeight - control co-ords are limited to +/-30000.

[dunbarx]

Trevix.

From the user guide.:

Craig

[FourthWorld]

Scrollbar?

[trevix]

@Craig
Thanks. Can you tell me were, in the online user guide, you found these values?

[richmond62]

Looking at the yellow 'stains' I assume a search for 'limit' will do the trick.

[trevix]

Not so easy...
Searching on the forum for "Field limits" get over 29 pages
Searching Limit on the LiveCode web page I mostly get "LiveCode Dictionary and User Guide – Limited Edition
Searching Limit on the LiveCode web page gets nothing
Beside, for what I understand, the online user guide is not exactly searchable: you can choose a page from the left menu and then you can search the retrieved web page only (browser search).
The LC app user guide, again...for what I know, is not searchable. Only the dictionary.
Same for the LC App User guide.

[SWEdeAndy]

The LC app user guide, again...for what I know, is not searchable. Only the dictionary.

In LiveCode, in the Help menu, choose User guide. A pdf opens that is perfectly searchable.

[stam]

In LiveCode, in the Help menu, choose User guide. A pdf opens that is perfectly searchable.

Is there really an excuse nowadays for not having this as an online resource?

99.9% of all developers nowadays use search engines online. It finds stuff in the forum, the API in its wiki form you name it. And the modern search engines are good at fuzzy searches so I usually find what I'm looking for, being a bit fuzzy in my searches
And I always have more success using google rather than the forum's search.

But PDF is removed from this - which is a pity because it's a great resource.
It really should be available as an online resource, available to search engines...

[SWEdeAndy]

@stam Agreed on all points!