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Date/Time: Sun, 06 Jul 2025 06:42:34 +0000
Spreadsheet Trading J102 char limit
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| [2019-03-22 22:52:23] |
| jmt816 - Posts: 45 |
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Working on some backtesting using the spreadsheet system before I build it out in ACSIL (if necessary). Am using J102 to set text tag on orders with a formula, but have noticed there appears to be a 63 character limit? All of my tags longer than that are being truncated. Purpose: to provide values of various variables for later parsing & analysis through export to Excel. Is this char limit intended, or a bug? Does a similar limit exist using ACSIL? I see that the "TextTag" in s_SCNewOrder is typed as SCString, which would imply normal string limits. Appreciate your help, Thanks, Jeff |
| [2019-03-22 23:12:09] |
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There certainly is a limit. We would have to check on the exact limit but that certainly sounds reasonable. This limit also exists in ACSIL.
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| [2019-03-26 11:12:16] |
| jmt816 - Posts: 45 |
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I identified the char count limit based on seeing truncated text tags, and checking the len of them. It would be nice to have the char limit documented. Am wondering if the truncation is due to this label also being shown on the charts as part of the order fill? A restriction on length for that purpose is understandable, but there are other uses for that tag (including dumping some values at order time for later review & analysis). Since TextTag is defined as SCString and therefore the underlying datatype does not have the 63char restriction, perhaps the change needed is to truncate the label display of the order to 63 chars, but not truncate the underlying? UNLESS, because that field is sent as part of an order, the data length is restricted by the trade service order data format? |
| [2019-03-27 02:43:07] |
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It is quite involved for us to remove the limit.
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