OpenEuphoria

Re: Win32 64k and Hash algorithm

• Posted by Daniel Berstein <daber at PAIR.COM> Dec 24, 1998
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At 06:26 p.m. 24-12-98 , you wrote:
>Win32 64k:
>I've noticed that a lot of Win32 Euphoria programs can't handle files
>above 64k.  For example, a simple text editor will crash or freeze if a
>file larger than 64k is loaded.  I though Euphoria did away with the 64k
>and 640k barriers... is this a Windows problem, a programming oversight
>(referring to the Win32 programmer, not the Euphoria interpreter), or
>maybe me just jumping to conclusions?

The limitation is on Win32 API. Edit text controls can only hold 64K of
data. I think NT 4.0 doesn't have that limit. There are tricky ways to over
pass that limit: load only chuncks of data needed to be displayed.
You can also use the RichText edit control (RTF), but that is far more
complex than a simle edit box.


Regards,
        Daniel   Berstein
        daber at pair.com