Disable edit character limit?

[TheAutomator]

Hi, simple question actually:

How to disable the character limit for an edit control?

Want unlimited-length (or as much as possible)

I know the GUICtrlSetLimit() function but i want to disable the limit, not set one...

Any ideas?

I thought there was some sort of autoit constant for this or something but cant find what i'm looking for.

Edited November 28, 2014 by TheAutomator

[iamtheky]

There are always limits.

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/appendix/LimitsDefaults.htm

 

and this may help

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/GUICtrlSetLimit.htm

i think the max parameter may set it to max by default, eventhough that is not described,  may be stretching but i think it is an implementation of this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/95zx4bc4.aspx

Edited November 28, 2014 by boththose

[TheAutomator]

There are always limits.

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/appendix/LimitsDefaults.htm

 

and this may help

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/functions/GUICtrlSetLimit.htm

i think the max parameter may set it to max by default, eventhough that is not described,  may be stretching but i think it is an implementation of this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/95zx4bc4.aspx

 

Hello boththose  ,

I came across the first two links you provided but I thought there was a constand or such in autoit to set it to the max limit..

If you take a look at notepad.exe for example, what would be the limit there?

Or code editors?

A long time ago I saw a topic where someone omitted the character limit and I used it back then for making my own text editor but

I can't find it anymore. 

Anyways, thanks for the reply.

[EDIT:]

I think it was $EM_EXLIMITTEXT or something, could that be?

I have to search which include has that constant if i'm right..

[EDIT:]

Nope, didn't work..

TheAutomator

Edited November 28, 2014 by TheAutomator

[TheAutomator]

Found!

GUICtrlSendMsg($iEdit, $EM_LIMITTEXT, -1, 0) ; Removes the limit on the number of characters of the 30000

Regards!

[iamtheky]

If you take a look at notepad.exe for example, what would be the limit there?

 

 

i have to use VIM when it starts reaching the limits of my memory, but thats a whole seperate app.  For an edit control, your limit would still be the string size limit, unless you can chunk data back out of the control.

Good find, here it is wrapped for rich edit boxes.  I thought rich edit boxes had 64k but the helpfile states that this is used to exceed the 32k barrier (which was my search)...

https://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/docs/libfunctions/_GUICtrlRichEdit_SetLimitOnText.htm

Edited November 28, 2014 by boththose