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From: rmh@apple.com (Rick Holzgrafe)
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Subject: Re: Question About Lists....
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Date: 27 Jun 91 18:14:43 GMT
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In article <1991Jun24.231936.15327@cis.ohio-state.edu> 
rubin@cis.ohio-state.edu (daniel j rubin) writes:
> I want to write a application that will display all the items in a file 
on
> the hard drive using the list manager ( I think ).  The database can 
have 
> 10000+ records [...] I read that you cannot 
> create a list with more than 32K of data.

True enough, but you don't have to keep all the data in the List Manager's 
records. By writing a custom LDEF (very easy to do), you can simply keep 
pointers (or handles, or array indexes, or whatever) in the list, and have 
your LDEF use the pointers to access and display the real data kept 
elsewhere.

Nevertheless, 10000+ records is really pushing the limits of the List 
Manager. You could do it if the list contained (say) 16-bit array indexes, 
but I bet it'll be slow. The List Manager was designed as a simple, 
standard way to present simple, reasonably small lists; it wasn't intended 
to be the perfect front end for a major database engine.

What the List Manager does isn't that complicated. Consider writing your 
own solution, tailored to your needs. (And while you're at it, give a 
little thought to different interfaces altogether. Obviously I don't know 
the details of your needs, but I for one wouldn't enjoy scrolling through 
10000+ records, trying to find the one I want...)

Hope this helps.

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