subroutine U11BE( ans, status, data, type )
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*
*	Input a string of no more than "data" characters, performing no
*	carriage return / line feed afterward.
*
*	Module	%M%	Version	%I% 	Date	%H%
*
*	(c) Copyright 1998 Ardent Software Inc. - All Rights Reserved
*	This is unpublished proprietary source code of Ardent Software Inc.
*	The copyright notice above does not evidence any actual or intended
*	publication of such source code.
*
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*
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*
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*	07/25/88   -    -  Maintenence log purged at 5.2.1, see release 5.1.10.
*
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*
*	This "user-exit", called from a BASIC program, accepts a specified
*	number of characters into a variable and leaves the cursor in
*	position after the last character entered
*
*	Usage: x = OCONV( n, "U11BE" )
*	       where "n" is the number of characters to accept
*
*	Arguments to this subroutine are:
*	     ans    - the characters put in
*	     data   - the number of characters to accept
*	     status - 0 if the "conversion" succeeds
*	     type   - 0 if ICONVerting, 1 if OCONVerting
*			irrelevant in the case of 01BE
*
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*
$options DEFAULT 

	if not( num( data )) or data < 1 then
	    status = 1
	end else
	    status = 0
	    input ans,data_:
	end
	return
end