Question:
I’m using Delphi to do a client-server application in which all the lines I get from a socket I send to a TMemo in my form. I want that Tmemo to have a 200 lines buffer so that if it has more than 200 lines I delete the first line. How can I prevent the Tmemo from jumping up and down, focusing the first and then the last line in the buffer? How can I “freeze” the Tmemo visualization? How can I prevent the scroll bar from moving?
Answer:
To “freeze” the update of the screen while you’re updating so that the usercan’t really see what’s going on, just enclose the code that you want”hidden” from the user between the following:
LockWindowUpdate(Form1.Handle); …code that you want to hideLockWindowUpdate(0);
LockWindowUpdate is a WinAPI call that “freezes” the screen. All you do isprovide the handle of the window you want frozen, then all updates to thewindow aren’t made. LockWindowUpdate(0) resumes screen updating.
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