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Re: Returning result from a widget program. [message #12297 is a reply to message #12205]

Tue, 14 July 1998 00:00

Martin Schultz
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Registered: August 1997

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R. Bauer wrote:
> [...]

> I agree to you in not using common blocks in widgets in most cases.But how can I
> handle 60MB of data without a common block. If I use the set_uval and get_uval this
> 60MB will be copied for a while and it takes a lot of time and memory. I don't found a
> key to make a temporary copy using widgets. May be I am missing something.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Reimar
>
Hi Reimar,

you know about the /NO_COPY keyword to widget_control, don't you?
The same keyword exists for PTR_NEW. True, you need to be a little more
careful when you use them, but they are meant to resolve exactly the
problem you mention.

Viele Gruesse,
Martin.

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		Returning result from a widget program. By: Imanol Echave on Thu, 09 July 1998 00:00
		Re: Returning result from a widget program. By: Martin Schultz on Tue, 14 July 1998 00:00
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