H> By default IBO treats strings with a length of up to 255 chars as a
H> ftString and anything longer as a ftMemo. (See source of
H> IB_Session). I wonder if the limitation here is still a residue
H> from before the introduction of the global variable
H> 'MaximumStringSize'

tmpTxt is defined as String and the "inherited Create(tmpTxt)" just
call the inherited exception.create method, that also expects a string
(not limited to 255 chars).

Still can't see a reason for cutting the tmpTxt size and, imho, this
behavior should be fixed.

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