field.c, Line:6001, FldSetText - text longer than maxChars

[Tony Janke]

I get this error "field.c, Line:6001, FldSetText - text longer than
maxChars" ONLY when trying to read a number larger than 255 (8-bit). 
The variable I store the data in is 16 bit Int (data).

the error occurs on line:       FldSetTextHandle(FieldPtr, h);

Code:
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
               UInt16                                      data,
controlID;
        FormType*               pForm;
        FieldType*              FieldPtr;
        MemHandle               h, oldHandle;
        char*                   p;

        pForm = FrmGetActiveForm();
        h = MemHandleNew(50);           // allocate chunk of memory in
heap
        p = MemHandleLock(h);           // prevent the chunk from moving
(lock)          
                                                                       
        //   and obtain pointer to location
        StrIToA(p, data);
        MemHandleResize(h, StrLen(p)+1);
        MemHandleUnlock(h);
        FieldPtr = FrmGetObjectPtr(pForm, FrmGetObjectIndex(pForm,
controlID));
        oldHandle = FldGetTextHandle(FieldPtr);
        FldSetTextHandle(FieldPtr, h);
        FldRecalculateField(FieldPtr, true);    // refresh the field
        if(oldHandle)
                MemHandleFree(oldHandle);
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

any suggestions?

thanks,

~Tony



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