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Re: Some programming questions. HELP !

#1945
From: John J. Allen
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 10:55
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os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.) writes:
: In <SO-ECS.92Oct7091401@stekt2.oulu.fi> so-ecs@stekt2.oulu.fi (Derek Heino Jr) writes:
: 
: >Here wo go:
: 
: >1. After inserting 1271 items in a combobox, I get a WIN1012 error:
: >Maximum heap size reached: 65532 bytes. Those items that I inserted
: >are strings with length of 29 bytes ( 29*1271=about 36kB ). So what I
: >going to do ? Increase heap ( HOW ? )...
: 
: Nope.  You're stuck.  The listbox (which is part of a combobox) only 
: allows you to insert 32k of data (I forgot exactly the reason why it
: isn't 64k, but I believe it has something to do with internal state 
: data per item that is maintained).  The only thing you can do is write

Does this just apply to 1.x, as I'm sure I've added hundreds of K of data
to a listbox under 2.0.
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Subject: Re: Some programming questions. HELP !
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