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Lars,

Rich is correct an Sun acknowledges this problem. They suggest using
JTextField from the Swing controls. Swing doesn't use peers so you shouldn't
have a problem with large test.

Dean

Rich Wilkman wrote:

> Lars:
>
> The limit comes from the peer, which is a fancy way of saying the
> limit is the same as the equivalent control on the OS.  In the case of
> WinTel that would be 32K or 64K characters.  The limit goes away when
> dependence on peers disappears from Java.  Most of the way there with
> Swing and should be "all the way" there in JDK 1.2.
>
> If you can't wait, you'll need to roll your own text area.
>
> -Rich
>
> Lars Toftgaard wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need a text component to display a large text file. I have tried
> > TextArea
> > but it cannot take much ( or I am doing something wrong ).
> >
> > What is the limit af TextArea ? ( JBCL and AWT )
> >
> > What is the limit of the array ?
> >
> > Are these limits Jbuilder or Java ( Will they change ) ?
> >
> > Is there another control I can use that can display a large text file (
> > scrolling
> > is all I need ) ? or do I have to program the logic myself.
> >
> > Regards Lars
>
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