>>> And this is not even a problem when we soon have 32-bit listboxes
>>> & other controls in the next version of OS/2.

>> What other controlls do you mean exact ? I havn't heared anything from
>> IBM about new controlls...

 > I didn't say /new/ controls.

Ahh, you meant '32-bit lbs and other 32-bit controls' 

 > I'm writing a file search program and few days ago I tested it in the
 > 2.99 beta: it listed 17000+ files in a listbox while under 2.1GA it barfs
 > at ~2500 files :-)

It would be much nicer if IBM would speed up the container control... But
it's correct: The 'new' 32-bit controls are much faster than the old 16-bit
ones.

 > MLE can handle large amounts of text

But it's pretty slow...

Joerg-Stefan

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