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Version: Available or changed with runtime version 1.0.
Retrieves the length of the text stored in this BigText instance.
Syntax
Length := BigText.Length()
Note
This method can be invoked using property access syntax.
Parameters
BigText
Type: BigText
An instance of the BigText data type.
Return Value
Length
Type: Integer
The length of the text stored in this BigText instance.
Remarks
To delete the content in a BigText variable use the Clear Method. The syntax for the Clear method is shown in the following code snippet: Clear(BigText).
Example
The following example demonstrates how to retrieve the length of a BigText variable.
In this example, the BigText variable is initialized with the text ‘ABCDEFG’. The length, which is 7, is stored in the VarLength variable and displayed in a message box.
var
MyBigText: BigText;
VarLength: Text;
Text000: Label 'VarLength = %1';
begin
MyBigText.AddText('ABCDEFG');
VarLength := MyBigText.Length;
Message(Text000, VarLength);
end;