PRB: DISPLAY STATUS Shows Only 210 Characters of SET PATH TO (172685)

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   ** *** Sample Program - TESTPATH.PRG
   ** *** Illustrates DISPLAY STATUS string length limit of SET PATH

      CLEAR

s1="c:\vfp30b;c:\vfp30b\api;c:\vfp30b\api\samples;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src;c:\ 
vfp30b\distrib.src\setup;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\setup\setup16"

** *** S2 length = 210 represents maximum length shown as result of
DISPLAY STATUS

s2="c:\vfp30b;c:\vfp30b\api;c:\vfp30b\api\samples;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src;c:\ 
vfp30b\distrib.src\setup;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\setup\setup16;c:\vfp30b\dist
rib.src\setup\setup32;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\system;c:\vfp30b\dis"

** *** S3 length = 255 which is maximum string length before giving  ** ***
'Syntax Error'

s3="c:\vfp30b;c:\vfp30b\api;c:\vfp30b\api\samples;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src;c:\ 
vfp30b\distrib.src\setup;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\setup\setup16;c:\vfp30b\dist
rib.src\setup\setup32;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\system;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\sy
stem\system16;c:\vfp30b\distrib.sr"

** *** cannot set S4 since it gives syntax error.
** ***
s4="c:\vfp30b;c:\vfp30b\api;c:\vfp30b\api\samples;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src;c:\ 
vfp30b\distrib.src\setup;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\setup\setup16;c:\vfp30b\dist
rib.src\setup\setup32;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\system;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src\sy
stem\system16;c:\vfp30b\distrib.src"


   ?LEN(s1)
   SET PATH TO &s1
   ?"RETURN VALUE OF ?SET('PATH') is:"
   ?SET("path")
   DISP STAT

   CLEAR
   ?" S2 length = "
   ??LEN(s2)
   ??"  which is the maximum display length of DISPLAY STATUS"
   SET PATH TO &s2
   ?"RETURN VALUE OF ?SET('PATH') is:"
   ?SET("path")
   DISP STAT

   CLEAR
   ?" S3 length = "
   ??LEN(s3)
   ??"  which is the maximum length before giving 'Syntax Error'"
   SET PATH TO &s3
   ?"RETURN VALUE OF ?SET('PATH') is:"
   ?SET("path")
   DISP STAT

   CLEAR
   ?" S4 cannot be set since it is one greater than s3 (which is "
   ?? ALLTRIM(STR(LEN(s3)))
   ??") and would give 'Syntax Error'"