LogWindow Problem

[chumma]

Hello All,

I have an application for which I need to keep a 'running log window' with the application. I should be able to append text to the log window as some processes are completed etc. and finally have an option to save the results of the logwindow to a text file.

The log window need not be attached to the parent window i.e. it also can be floating..

Currently I have the VB Debug.Print to spit out messages but, in my compiled application i would like them to appear in a text box. i tried RichText Control, But I could not find a way to add text regularly.

Can some one kindly point me to a control or a sample code or a method with which i can do it. ?

thanks a lot

Regards
Sathya

[Syl]

hi,
I'm sure you have tried something like that:

MyTextBox.text = MyTextBox.text & "abc"

?

[chumma]

Hi Syl

From MSDN
<quote>
The Text setting for a TextBox control is limited to 2048 characters unless the MultiLine property is True, in which case the limit is about 32K.
</quote>

So for a running text it is difficult to use it.

Thanks for your response.

Ciao
Sathya

Have you tried a listbox?

list1.additem "This is a line of text"

I always use it for logging. I do keep an eye on the list item's count, so if it goes over say 1000 items, i clear the first 500 and save them to a file. Then I erase the first 500 items from the listview...

Hope I could help... Tell me if you need more info...

Hi...

Wrote & tested some code:

    Dim T As Integer
    
    ' Fill listbox with 2000 items...
    For T = 1 To 2000
        List1.AddItem "Blah" & T
    Next T

    ' Remove first 1000...
    While List1.ListCount > 1000
        ' Save Item(0) here to your logfile
        List1.RemoveItem 0
    Wend

Enjoy....