My [vb6] app inserts data into an Excel spreadsheet but it looks like there's a limit of 255 chars per field

Why is that?
I can paste more than that directly into Excel!

I need to have about 300 chars or so.





(Please don't say use a database - I know I can use a database; and I know a database would be better. I am using a spreadsheet because that's what the 'customer' wants! )