[DUG] tMemo, Stop updating

[Steve Peacocke]

Ah - Lines DOES have BeginUpdate and EndUpdate methods, and they work.

LockWindowUpdate(memo1.Handle); seemed to also work too, but did
something funny near the end where it started to update when it was
about 80% through.

Thanks people.

Steve

On 01/08/07, Alister Christie <alister at salespartner.co.nz> wrote:
> Perhaps:
>
> sl := TStringList.Create;
> sl.Assign(memo1.lines);
> //process sl
> memo1.lines.Assign(sl);
>
>
> Alister Christie
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>
>
> Steve Peacocke wrote:
> > Bloody stupid question I know, but I spent all day traversing 3 tons
> > of spaghetti code and my mind is mush.
> >
> > Is there a way that I can tell a tMemo component not to keep updating
> > when I process all the lines.
> >
> > I have a tMemo component with, lets say 5-10,000 lines. I want to
> > process through each of those lines updating certain ones where
> > necessary.
> >
> > for i := 0 to Memo1.lines.Count - 1 do
> >     If (Memo1.lines[i] = 'I can use this line') then
> >          DoThingsToTheLine;
> >
> > The problems is that I want to have the tMemo remain on the form, but
> > I don't want it to keep updating to try to keep up with the current
> > line that I'm processing.
> >
> > I've already tried Memo1.Enabled := false, but the frigging thing
> > still keeps updating.
> >
> > I don't want to make it invisible as it looks really horrible.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Steve
> >
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