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&lt; The reason for the limitation is the 64K segemnted addressing. <br />
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If the segmentation is 64k, why can the edit control display only 32k?<br />

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< The reason for the limitation is the 64K segemnted addressing.

If the segmentation is 64k, why can the edit control display only 32k?


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Only Bill's compadres know for sure, but they probably use int for each character in the text.<br />

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Only Bill's compadres know for sure, but they probably use int for each character in the text.


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In a win3.1 program I try to display the contents of a text file in a multiline edit control. I allocate memory using GlobalAlloc and GlobalLock without any problems. After this I read the text file in the buffer and try to display the text in the edit control using WM_SETTEXT. This works fine if the size of the text buffer is not larger than 30k. If it is larger WM_SETTEXT returns 0 and nothing is displayed in the edit control. 
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In a win3.1 program I try to display the contents of a text file in a multiline edit control. I allocate memory using GlobalAlloc and GlobalLock without any problems. After this I read the text file in the buffer and try to display the text in the edit control using WM_SETTEXT. This works fine if the size of the text buffer is not larger than 30k. If it is larger WM_SETTEXT returns 0 and nothing is displayed in the edit control. 

WM_SETTEXT problem

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