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From: euantd@euas1e.ericsson.se (Tord Nilsson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: using far segments ?
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Date: 13 Jul 89 16:33:11 GMT
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Reply-To: euantd@euas1e.ericsson.se (Wojtek Chudoba)
Organization: Ellemtel Utvecklings AB, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hello,

I try to write a Windows application that could present two files simultanously
on the screen. The problem is that the files are rather large (30-60K), so they
don't fit in the default data segment (not both of them anyway). But when you 
send a message 'EM_SETHANDLE' you must supply a *local* handle. 

Is there a way to get around this problem ?

I noticed that even Microsoft's Write opens only one file at a time. Could it 
be the same reason ? 

I tried to allocate space on the global heap and copy just the one I need to 
the local heap but it didn't seem to work. (I'm not sure there were no bugs in 
this part, though.)

BTW, can you edit files larger than 64K ? If so, how do you do it?

And, finally, is it possible for a Windows application to start another
instance of itself, or to start another application ?


OK, those were the questions, hope you have some answers now.

					Wojtek

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