SV>Dan Larson wrote in a message to All:

 DL> Can anyone give me some ideas on how to use list boxes or
 DL> MLE's with more data than will fit in them ? Right now, I
 DL> just roll the excess off the top of some large log windows,
 DL> but I am in need of a better solution without spendings days
 DL> implementing it....

SV>You could fill the listbox with 'empty' strings and use an array to put in
SV>the listbox contents. The only problem is that sorting the listbox is more
SV>difficult and you will have to write some code to display the listbox
SV>contents (use the ownerdraw style). There is a file on Fernwood called
SV>HUGELB, which has examples on how to implement this.


Eeeww!, I didn't want to get that complicated with it. Basically I just wanna
load up a BIG log file and view it. I have since started using the MLE, but I
miss the ability to have the text scroll as I move the "thumb
tab" on the scrol

bar, not after it is released as with the MLE. Also, postitioning the text to
show the bottom of the file is a little more tricky. I have to make an asumptio

about the number of lines visible in the box in order to do it. I can't just
query it for it's height like I can with the WC_LISTBOX. If I had a MLE that
changed in size with the client window as I have done in the past with
LISTBOXes, the tehcnique I am using would be a lot more tricky. I guess PM can'

do everything though and I am going to have to get used to the fact that I am
going to have to resort to more drastic action eventually..

 


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