Visual C++ 6 maximum textbox len? (improvements?)

[CodeExplorer]

Visual C++ 6 maximum textbox len? (improvements?)

I have a Visual C++ 6 project which will log all memory allocation of a process to textbox,
here is the problem: the log text will be truncated to 5 KB (which is way to small!)
Is there any way to improve maximum key length or
should I log everything to a text file?
 

[Kurapica]

you will have to use "EM_SETLIMITTEXT" to expand the buffer, also pay attention to the type chars you are dealing with.

but I think it's a bad idea to cum-shoot lots of text into one text control, for logging purposes you may consider using

Listbox control which is also available in Visual C++ 6.00 forms editor.

[CodeExplorer]

Finded this:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/180853/cedit-control-maximum-length-in-characters-it-can-display?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google_rich_qa&utm_campaign=google_rich_qa

But it seems there is no way to circumvent 5 KB limit.
The program is also slow but it has to do with other things not textbox.
 

[CodeExplorer]

SetLimitText uses EM_SETLIMITTEXT:
ftp://alpha-t.ru/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82/tv-fm/bt878%20wdm%20mini-driver/btwdmdrvinstaller-src5.3.8/WinClasses/GUI/CEditBox.hpp

Anyway it doesn't work!

[fearless]

Maybe use a listview control to store separate line entries (or listbox) to make something like http://www.uvviewsoft.com/logviewer/

[Kurapica]

If you put too much text into a single line edit control you will see your GUI is becoming laggy with time.

consider using a List or a Listview, faster and easier to read and update.

[CodeExplorer]

31 minutes ago, Kurapica said:

If you put too much text into a single line edit control you will see your GUI is becoming laggy with time.

consider using a List or a Listview, faster and easier to read and update.

The code I'm using is lazy, but still the main problem remains: the only 5 KB displayed on textbox!!!

wsprintf versus multiple strcat which one is faster?
 

[CodeExplorer]

Finded a solution: RICHEDIT control
but now after I add it the program doesn't start any more!
 

[CodeExplorer]

38 minutes ago, CodeExplorer said:

Finded a solution: RICHEDIT control
but now after I add it the program doesn't start any more!
 

Fixed that, here is the code:

CAlocLogDlg::CAlocLogDlg(CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
    : CDialog(CAlocLogDlg::IDD, pParent)
{
    //{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CAlocLogDlg)
    m_stringToSet = _T("");
    //}}AFX_DATA_INIT
    // Note that LoadIcon does not require a subsequent DestroyIcon in Win32
    m_hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
    AfxInitRichEdit();  // init rich edit
}

    AfxInitRichEdit();  solved the problem!

 

Edited June 9, 2018 by CodeExplorer

[CodeExplorer]

textbox = RICHEDIT = 5KB truncated,
so unfortunately didn't fix the problem!
Any suggestion will be great!
 

[Kurapica]

Can you give me a snapshot of your EDIT Styles ?

use Spy++ to find this control in your process, and then go to its properties.

you will find a numeric value for its styles :

This is a snapshot of Windows notepad EDIT control which holds too much text !

 

[Kurapica]

and if you are using MFC, check this : https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/b1533c30-7f10-4663-88d3-8b7f2c9f7024.aspx#cedit__setlimittext

[CodeExplorer]

5 hours ago, Kurapica said:

Can you give me a snapshot of your EDIT Styles ?

They are just default Visual C++ 6 styles, tried EM_SETLIMITTEXT and SetLimitText but with no good result.
Tried with a list as you suggested and it seems to work fine.
You can't copy result like you can do it on editbox but well that's it!
 

[Kurapica]

For fun, try to set the edit style to the same value you see in the above image.

you can copy the value of any item in the list easily, a snippet I used

WCHAR buffer[1024];

ZeroMemory(&buffer,sizeof(buffer));

//Get the index of the selected item, or any item you want !
int Index = SendMessage(GetDlgItem(hWnd, IDC_LIST2),LB_GETCURSEL,NULL,NULL);

//Get the text of the selected item
SendMessage(GetDlgItem(hWnd, IDC_LIST2),LB_GETTEXT,(WPARAM)Index,(LPARAM)buffer);

//Set the form caption
SetWindowTextW(hWnd,buffer);