How to make/use a "status" box

[dickep]

I know this has been asked and answered here, but I for the life of me cannot find it.

I have a GUI (really a battery monitoring window) with a "box" that I want to display the status of what the battery information (current and voltage and gas gauge) over time.

Now, I understand that "EditBox" information is finite (4096 characters if I remember correctly).

So, what can I use to display this status information without having an "overflow" issue? The status may be for over 3 hours with reporting done as frequently as every second.

I have tried GUICtrlSetData, but it writes over the topmost line.

I have tried _GUICtrlEdit_AppendText but the limit is reached very early - will not display more so really don't know the status.

Thanks for your help and understanding.

R

[GEOSoft]

I know this has been asked and answered here, but I for the life of me cannot find it.

I have a GUI (really a battery monitoring window) with a "box" that I want to display the status of what the battery information (current and voltage and gas gauge) over time.

Now, I understand that "EditBox" information is finite (4096 characters if I remember correctly).

So, what can I use to display this status information without having an "overflow" issue? The status may be for over 3 hours with reporting done as frequently as every second.

I have tried GUICtrlSetData, but it writes over the topmost line.

I have tried _GUICtrlEdit_AppendText but the limit is reached very early - will not display more so really don't know the status.

Thanks for your help and understanding.

R

GUICtrlSetData($myControl,GUICtrlRead($myControl) & @CRLF & $myNewData)

[ACS]

Well according to MSDN the maximum number of characters is 0x7FFE (32766) for Win9X and 0x7FFFFFFE (2147483646) for WinNT/2K/XP.

I think 4096 is the default set by AutoIt when the control is created.

You can increase the maximum number of characters using _GUICtrlEdit_SetLimitText.

[dickep]

GUICtrlSetData($myControl,GUICtrlRead($myControl) & @CRLF & $myNewData)

Thanks.

Now, however, I need to have the last line displayed. This shows the first line but hides the bottom "stuff".

I am trying to do this but.... well, I am brain damaged I quess