Win32::GUI::Window clipboard/buffer limit?

[lmennuti]

Hello,

I'm hoping someone can give me a nice easy fix for this one (HOPING!)...

To start, this is what I'm running:
- WinXP SP2
- Perl 5.8.8 Build 820
- Win32::GUI 1.0.5
- Windows Notepad clone:
http://www.koders.com/perl/fidB18829AABB0A5DECEF04D53957FFEB1C2BFD38DD.aspx?s=calculate

Problem:
I've taken the notepad clone from the link and have augmented it for use in parsing large logs (copy&paste logs into the window, then running customized scripts from the menu), unfortunately when I paste the log info into the window (generated by Win32::GUI::Window), it's getting truncated after about 220 lines (29781 bytes) and I can no longer type anything else into the window.

I was using Win32::GUI 1.0.3 and upgraded to 1.0.5 but still have the problem.

Any help much appreciated!
- Lincoln

[Anonymous Monk]

You are probably dealing with http://dada.perl.it/gui_docs/Textfield.html

MaxLength([CHARS])

    Limits the number of characters that the Textfield accept to CHARS
+, or returns the current limit if no argument is given. To remove the
+ limit (eg. set it to the maximum allowed which is 32k for a single-l
+ine Textfield and 64k for a multiline one) set CHARS to 0.

[Anonymous Monk]

http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg05092.html

[Popcorn Dave]

There may be a built in limit in Windows that you're going to have to either bypass or emulate to overcome.

That said, LifeHacker just had an article on a utility to keep all the things you've copied to the clipboard that uses SQL to achieve that, but after looking around there a bit, I think this SourceForge project may be of more use to you since you can peruse the source.