MaximumChar Property
The MaximumChar property returns the maximum number of characters used when a value of the data type is converted to a character string.
Applies To
| SystemDatatype Object |
Syntax
object.MaximumChar
Parts
object
Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list
Data Type
Long
Modifiable
Read-only
Prototype (C/C++)
HRESULT GetMaximumChar(LPLONG pRetVal);
Remarks
Characters such as string terminators are not included in the character count.
The MaximumChar property returns a character count, not the number of bytes required to store a string of that length. The MaximumLength property can return the number of bytes required to store a value for a data type.
For example, for the SystemDatatype object that references the nchar data type, MaximumChar returns 4,000. The MaximumLength property for the object returns 8,000, as each nchar character requires two bytes for storage.