maximum lenght for fileread

[Zomp]

Sorry if this topic has already been discussed, I have not found aanything.

Which is the maximum length for $file in the following instruction?

$file = FileOpen("test.txt", 0)

What about if test.txt size is 1Gb or more?

[monoceres]

That probably wouldn't work.

The maximum teoretical string length autoit can handle is 2 GB but you won't come near that value.

It was under discussion some while ago and most people found that they could use up to somewhere between 400-700 MB

But even if you could, you should NEVER read a file that big into memory. I think you should buffer maybe 4-8 mb at a time for good speed

Edited April 1, 2008 by monoceres

[weaponx]

That discussion was here:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.ph...amp;hl=megabyte

[PsaltyDS]

Sorry if this topic has already been discussed, I have not found aanything.

Which is the maximum length for $file in the following instruction?

$file = FileOpen("test.txt", 0)

32 bits. That's just the file handle.

What about if test.txt size is 1Gb or more?

Assuming you mean to read the entire file into a string, I would review this topic first: A set of question for file

Executive summary: Although the theoretical limit for an AutoIt string is 2GB, there are practical limitations in the Win32 environment that make actual string manipulation fail somewhere between 100MB and around 210MB, depending on your resources (primarily RAM). In a 64-bit Windows environment, you may be able to go much larger, but I haven't had a chance to test that yet.

Edit: Doh! Beaten to it by weaponx!

Edited April 1, 2008 by PsaltyDS