[FileMaker and Lisp] FM Windows Reg Ex problem

[Jens Teich]

Am 29.02.12 18:59, schrieb Stefan Bosman:
> Hi,
>
> I am not pleased to having to work with FM, but fortunately saw the Reg
> Ex plugin
> Now when I try the following
> Text: "12345 abcd"
> Pattern: "12345(.*)"
> and request $1 I get "abcd"
>
> However when the string gets too long, eg 16 digits; I get a question
> mark,i.e. error
> It is really puzzling to me, why there would be a limitation on the
> return string
>
> Any ideas why and or workarounds?

Use result type 'text' instead of 'number'.

jens