New Mobil Me iCal and devastating 300 character limit [is it true?]

From the "MobileMe: New MobileMe Calendar specifications" URL:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4347
*"Number of characters in a description*
*Events, Calendars, and To Do items can have up to 300 characters in the description."*
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Question: Is the future of iCal now reduced to a 300 character description limit? That would be devastating to me and a horrible step BACKWARDS for me and my clients. I use iCal Description field for notes on a client visit. I have many clients that also have extensive notes in there events. Are they truncated if moved to MobileMe? I HATE the nightmare of Sync Services **** and was hoping that CalDav would be a step forward. Am i missing something. The 20,000 events limit is also a big problem. In 5 years along i have 20,000 events.... What happens when i have 20 years of iCal data?
Words of wisdom and clarification are appreciated.
-- Eric ZORK Alan [Mac Consultant / Touring Teaching Slam Poet]
-- IamNOTapoet . Com

I did lots of testing last night on this issue.
It's quite repeatable. I tested it on LV 7.1 (OSX) and the bug is there, but LV 8b120 works OK.
I have attached the LLB that I sent to tech support.
Here is the report I sent:
Problem Description :
Apparently there is a character limit on ENUM
items.
If I add two characters to any item in this enum,
LabVIEW will CRASH when I apply changes. The
crash occurs without actually RUNNING the
program.
I have tested on LabVIEW 7.0 (Win2000) and
7.1.1 (OS X). Both exhibit the same behavior.
LabVIEW 8.0 b120 (OS X) does NOT crash - it
works correctly.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
1... Open the library and keep HDT SORT
CHANNELS INTO PAGES.vi open.
2... Open HDT UNITS CONTROL.ctl in the library.
3... Add two or more characters to any item in
the ENUM.
4... APPLY CHANGES
5... Watch LabVIEW crash.
It certainly leads to bizarre behavior - If you remove the UNITS control from the HDT DISPLAY UNITS vi while you change the typedef, there is no crash. But as soon as you put it back and wire it to the connector, ALL the terminals turn to (void).
Message Edited by CoastalMaineBird on 11-18-2005 09:11 AM
Steve Bird
Culverson Software - Elegant software that is a pleasure to use.
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Attachments:
LabVIEWCrasher.zip ‏906 KB

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