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Overflow error when using MID on long string

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    Overflow error when using MID on long string

    Hi all,

    I am using the following code to retrieve 700 bytes of data at a time from a long string and work on them in a loop. When it get's to character 18200 (loop 26) I get the overflow error Run-time error '6'.

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    The string can vary in length anywhere between 50,000 and 2,000,000 character long.

    Any idea what I can do to work around this issue?

    Many thanks in advance.
    David

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    Re: Overflow error when using MID on long string

    Change your Integer declarations to Long.
    Entia non sunt multiplicanda sine necessitate

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    Re: Overflow error when using MID on long string

    WOW!

    That was a super quick response and it worked. Thank you so much!

    David

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    Re: Overflow error when using MID on long string

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