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Field Length

Listed here are the fields requiring user-defined entries and the number of characters allowed for each:

• Entity name - up to 40 characters
• Type - up to 16 characters
• Version - up to 4 digits
• User Name - up to 32 characters
• CCID name - up to 12 characters
• Comment - up to 60 characters
• Status - up to 16 characters
• Security Class - up to 16 characters
• Dictionary name (dictname) - up to 8 characters
• System Name - up to 8 characters
• Estimated Work Completion - 8 characters
• Actual Work Completion - 8 characters
• Password - up to 8 characters
• DBNAME - up to 8 characters
• Management Group - up to 16 characters