Dana Raymond <dana.raymond@CANREM.COM> wrote:

>The technique I use is:
>
>1)  Concatenate all output messages into one lookup table.
>2)  Delimit all output messages with a unique byte values, such as
>    00h.
>
>    [etc...]

Dana:

Someone else suggested this technique as well.  I didn't respond at
the time, but now that there are TWO of you advising this...

There's a very specific reason that the code I posted doesn't use
delimiters:  The LCD displays that are the subject of this thread use
"00" to represent one of their 8 custom characters.  "01" through "07"
are used, as well.  This would appear to leave "08" through "1F" as
valid choices for delimiters, but those values are often stored in
lookup tables as well, and used to DEFINE custom characters.

If you're careful, you can use delimiters with no problems, but your
code will be a little more "bulletproof" (and just as efficient) if you
use a method like the one I posted.

-Andy

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