# Message line maximum length on MAP **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes, Natural-on-Windows-Unix\ **Created:** [August 16, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/message-line-maximum-length-on-map/101235 "2012-08-16T12:09:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Govind\_Singhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@Govind\_Singhal](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Govind_Singhal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/message-line-maximum-length-on-map/101235/1 "2012-08-16T12:09:49Z")
Hi, I want to know if I can have 2 lines under message line area on natural map. For my some requirement, i want to display very long error message which is not getting displayed fully under message line of MAP. It is getting truncated after 79 chars. So i want to know if it is possible to display 2 lines in message line area on map? if it is possible then what is the procedure for the same. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/message-line-maximum-length-on-map/101235/2 "2012-08-16T12:26:43Z")
No, this isn’t possible, the message line is limited to one physical line on the screen, the only option is to use a larger screen size (model 5 with 132 chars per line, for example). ---
**Author:** ![Douglas\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/douglas_kelly/32/102_2.png) [@Douglas\_Kelly](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Douglas_Kelly)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/message-line-maximum-length-on-map/101235/3 "2012-08-16T18:19:01Z")
alternatives include using a pop-up window, INPUT NO ERASE, having a large text area to put the extended message, or enabling HELP key to bring up the extended message. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/message-line-maximum-length-on-map/101235/4 "2021-04-02T15:02:18Z")