Subj : Custom Scrollabe Text Fil
To   : Codefenix
From : Nightfox
Date : Tue Nov 05 2024 18:53:00

  Re: Custom Scrollabe Text File Viewer
  By: Codefenix to All on Tue Nov 05 2024 06:38 pm

 Co> As discussed in Synchronet Discussion, I wanted a viewer for text files
 Co> with a scrollable interface.

 Co> This is the one that I came up with. Some parts I lifted from other
 Co> modules to try to understand how frames and scrollbars work. It works, but
 Co> it's far from perfect. I plan to use it in conjunction with some other
 Co> mods that I tinker with (news readers, inter-bbs one-liner history, etc)
 Co> as well as general text files.

 Co> It uses a frame object to display the text, but I'm starting to think
 Co> that's not the best idea. Some files take a long time to load, and files
 Co> no larger than 117 KB can lead to "out of memory" errors. Getting the
 Co> impression frames weren't meant for "large" objects, so maybe there's a
 Co> better way.

Looks cool :)

Nightfox

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