Display dialog w/ applescript and xcode why so different

Hi all
Having an issue with a dialog box in xcode
In AS editor I have a long dialog box but xcode only shows half the message
display dialog "line 1
line 2
line 3
line 4
line 5
line 6
line 7"
For some reason applescript shows the whole message where as xcode only shows the first 2 lines and cuts off the rest.
Why is that?
How can I fix this?
I need to display no less then 7 lines in the dialog

Never mind I figured it out
tell app "finder"
activate
tell app "system events" to display dialog "1
2
3
4
5
6
7
end tell
----

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