Quick spec questions & app silent crash

[icuurd12b42]

I compiled a script that sends a file to a richedit the file content but the app simply exites silently when my file was just a few MB large.

So I have a few questions about the things invoved that I used

• FileOpen Any mem/disk size limit?
• FileRead Same, Size limit? how about the variable that holds it? 2GB?
• local $txt =FileRead($hfile) - local $txt: Size limit for 32bit? Size limit for 64 bit?
• global $gtxt =FileRead($hfile) - local $gtxt: Size limit for 32bit? Size limit for 64 bit?
• richedit Size limit to add, to set, to insert, to whole content?
• local $arr[N] - N limit? arr[] limit (mem)?
• global $garr[N] - N limit? garr[] limit (mem)?
• Can Compile Script to exe compile to 64 bits? even if the compiler is 32 bits?

To fix the crash I read the file line by line. but I cannot keep the whole file in memory, $filebuff += ReadLine()... crash at about 1.5 megs

Thanks!

[GordonFreeman]

#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Main()

Func Main()
Local $hGui, $hRichEdit, $iMsg
$hGui = GUICreate("Example (" & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, 4) & ")", 320, 350, -1, -1)
$hRichEdit = _GUICtrlRichEdit_Create($hGui, "This is a test.", 10, 10, 300, 220, _
BitOR($ES_MULTILINE, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_AUTOVSCROLL))
_GUICtrlRichEdit_AppendText($hRichEdit, FileRead("test.txt"))
GUISetState()

While True
$iMsg = GUIGetMsg()
Select
Case $iMsg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
_GUICtrlRichEdit_Destroy($hRichEdit) ; needed unless script crashes
;~ GUIDelete() ; is OK too
Exit
EndSelect
WEnd
EndFunc ;==>Main

Change FileRead("test.txt"): "test.txt" to your file name

Not sure if this is exactly what you want

Edited December 28, 2012 by GordonFreeman

[icuurd12b42]

Thanks for the code. which I have. My query is about memory limits of AutoIT for

FileRead("test.txt")

as per the help

A file can be read as binary (byte) data by using FileOpen with the binary flag - in this case count is in bytes rather than characters. A count value that is too large can lead to AutoIt stopping with a memory allocation failure.

I want to know if I'm going to cap my file reading, Which I did, but what size is the size cap size???

How much can I allocate if I decided to hold records in memory? couljd I hold 100000 text messages in an array? 100000*256 bytes. In an array? Or even in the rtf richedit box? what are the limits? does anyone know?

Each instances ov the program running would need 24MB allocated in a records[100000] array..

[Melba23]

icuurd12b42,

Look in the Help file <AutoIt - FAQ> for the technical limits.

But if you are really looking for 24MB arrays, I suggest you go and look at some form of database as trying to manipulate any data array that size is never going to work.

M23

[icuurd12b42]

25 Megs is still perfectly reasonable in some cases. I was just wondering if AutiIT had a limit of it's own for arrays. I'll check the faq.

I changed my method to be more streamlined. I am paging by recordset right now, I would rather not to have to page the rtf document data (the record layout).

[icuurd12b42]

My final implementation loads the record sets in a global string one (256byte) record at a time, bypassing the fileread maximum. I also have 8 arrays of 1000 in size to keep the records in memory (name, text, date, etc). Then I pass the string to the Rich Edit, making sure to re-adjust the rich edit data size maximum (default 32k) to match the final string size. I did limit the number of records to 1000 items (* 256 for size), as showing more than that in the rich edit is really not needed (too large a document), the rich edit formats the records in a click-able list fashion.

I can safely load 1000 records of 256 byte in arrays, stuff the array in a formatted rtf buffer and send it to the rich edit. total memory size ~1000k (arrays + buffer+copy of buffer in rich edit)