http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/ HotBasic Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:53:05 GMT la2pj http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17145 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17145 I think i have found the cause of my comport problem. This morning I put an oscilloscope to the RS-232 RxD line. Watching the scope and the output from my Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:09:14 GMT la2pj http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17144 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17144 I am the lucky owner of a small black box that receives and demodulates AIS transmissions from vessels in my vicinity. It delivers the raw AIS data to a Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:39:52 GMT doctor electron http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17143 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17143 ... with a limit of say 1K and see what happens when I reach 1K then try to add more to it. Either it just wont accept more text or will bonk with an error Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:12:11 GMT portable_code http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17142 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17142 Ok, tonight I will gin up a simple GUI with a RICHEDIT2 text window with a limit of say 1K and see what happens when I reach 1K then try to add more to it. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:35:01 GMT doctor electron http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17141 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17141 ... No definite answer, just thoughts. 1 mb of RAM may seem trivial on today's computers when we talk about how many gigabytes, etc. On the other hand, who Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:16:18 GMT doctor electron http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17140 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17140 ... This is worth some design thought. First, what is the amount of ram you require users to have to run your app? Let's say you set the RICHEDIT2 .TextLimit Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:05:56 GMT doctor electron http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17139 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17139 ... According the win32.hlp, EM_EXLIMITTEXT is described as: "Maximum amount of text or zero for the default maximum. An OLE object counts as a single Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:45:51 GMT portable_code http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17138 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17138 Quote from the docs: MyRichEdit2.TextLimit = 1000000 'edit file up to 1 meg Does the above statement mean a Richedit2 window cannot contain more than 1 mb of Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:35:45 GMT vmars316 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17134 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17134 Ah, that's definitely a 'TREAT'. redhot.bas, eh. -Thanks...vmars Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:26:31 GMT doctor electron http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17133 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17133 ... Good evening, sir. Now I made some nice trick-or-treat (Halloween) candy for ya'. In your re (RICHEDIT?) create block, just put LoadFromFile(InitialFolder Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:58:30 GMT vmars316 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17132 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17132 I can't figure out where to put LoadFromFile so that pgm opens auto with this file visible re. . showMessage(InitialFolder + AutoOpenFile) Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:26:22 GMT doctor electron http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17131 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17131 ... Although you refer to HBide (by HotBasic Knight Philip Bister), I don't know the particulars there. However, any editing program should be idle almost Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:31:08 GMT vmars http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17130 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17130 Hi fno; Sorry to say, "HBide v2.73.1 28-Oct-09 97Kb" takes over my Windows7/64 . Luckily, i started up TaskManoger before i started hbIde , so i was able to Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:57:10 GMT Philip Bister http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17129 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17129 Just to let you know that HBide 2.73.1 has been uploaded to my site. Philip www.philipbister.ukonline.co.uk/ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:02:06 GMT vmars http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17128 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/hotbasic/message/17128 I should have mentioned win7/64