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(Message started by: fozziemusic on Jan 29^th, 2009, 10:23am)

Title: long sysex: win98 vs xp difference
Post by fozziemusic on Jan 29^th, 2009, 10:23am

I have created a script to convert a long sysex string to sysex messages. It is used for converting a waldorf mw-xt sound dump to the corresponding cc's - in most instances the byte values can be mapped 1:1 into cc messages as the value byte. No problems so far.

Now, the whole dump is 265 bytes long - just over the 'allowed' 256 bytes in scripting sysex handling. Still no problem, as the last 16 or so bytes are corresponding to the patch name - not something I need (I'm constructing an editor on a NMG2 that can send and receive cc's, not sysex).

Now for the weird thing: my testscript was developed and tested on an XP laptop and functioned well. The bytes 257-265 just disappeared into oblivion and I couldn't care less. However, when I run this script on a win98se machine (target PC), the first 256 bytes are discarded and I end up with a worthless 9 byte message. What can I do to get the first 256 bytes? I use the sink method, which works fine otherwise.