Maximum symbols in flash

does anyone know if theres a maximum amount of symbols that
can be created in a flash library file?
or is there no limitation to the number of symbols
possible?

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katzyair wrote:
> does anyone know if theres a maximum amount of symbols
that can be created in a flash library file?
> or is there no limitation to the number of symbols
possible?

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