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Ingo
October 13th, 2002, 01:55 PM
as far as I can remember there's a 64k limit on win9x/me platforms... but this might only be true when using VB

Ingo
mattwire
October 13th, 2002, 01:55 PM
Hello.
I was not aware of any limits on ini file length. Certainly my code does not impose any such limit.
However, I do use the standard delphi inifile routines so it is possible that these impose a limit somewhere. For the menu read I use Tinifile.ReadSection - do any fellow delphi programmers know if this has a limit on file length?

-Matt
MpegErnie
October 13th, 2002, 01:55 PM
I've allready commented it in this (http://www.girder.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2020) topic but its a beter place to say it in here (and maybe now it'll get to someones attention.. :) )

I've got this problem with long OSD Menu INI files (generated byMcMM's great script). its seems that OSDmenu just stops reading halfway of line 555...
It would be very much appreciated if this little "limitation" (ifso) could be eliminated.. :D

(EDIT: is it my imagination or did I really post this in "General" in stead of "Developer".. :? )
salsbst
October 13th, 2002, 01:55 PM
as far as I can remember there's a 64k limit on win9x/me platforms... but this might only be true when using VB

I believe that was the string size limit until VB ditched 16-bit-mode compatibility.

Regards,
Stuart Salsbury
Magion
April 7th, 2003, 03:18 PM
I think it's a limit in the .ini file format, because mIRC has the same limit when using .ini files...
So you have to use an alternate way to search trough files when you need to work with bigger files. :(

Will this be fixed in next release of OSDMenu? (when is next release btw?)
(It's not that hard to write your own function for searching the file, I have done that a few times in mIRC script)

and btw, thanks for a great plugin!, I use it alot and love it. :D

oh, almost forgot... i got another question about the plugin: http://www.girder.nl/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4073
it would be very nice if the feature in the link above would be implemented
because it makes it much easier to use the number buttons on the remote to navigate the menu

/Magion