To: Frank Malcolm

Hi Frank,
          can I load *part* of a file into a Memo object?

  I could BlockRead the file into an indexed Pchar string, and then
move the pointer and make that the Memo text

  ... but Delphi *wants* you to use its objects so I use a TStringList
and LoadFromFile to put the whole file into TstrLst. Very nice. It's
1500 lines all up and 40K. How do I put lines 400-1100 into the Memo?

  If I go:

  for n := 400 to 1100 do Memo.Lines.add(TstrLst[n]);

  it works okay but it's as slow as a wet weekend. If I create another
TrstringList and write to that first, then use Memo.Addstrings() at
least I stop Memo rewriting the screen but it's still slow. There
*must* be a way to point Memo as the already-existing TstrLst memory.
But I'm buggered if I can find it!

  As it stands, I'll have to go back to agricultural Pascal and forget
about reading lines.

Regards,
Bob
  
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