Since WINDOW(_efTextLen) is not supported in FB5, is there a replacement?

I have been using the cumbersome and limited (to 255) workaround of 
getting the EF text in a string, and then looking at the string 
length. I'm sure that there is a better way.

Best,

Walter
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Walter Lenk    Cambridge Ma    617-547-7781
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