webMethods Broker uses a network data representation that requires all 2-byte unicode characters to be converted to 6 byte ANSI strings. Because the maximum parameter length is 255 bytes, this means that a parameter containing only Unicode characters cannot be any longer that 42 bytes. Each of the following webMethods Broker parameters must have a length of either 1 to 255 ANSI characters or 1 to 42 Unicode characters: