> i don't even have fb3 on my machine, so i can't compile your source,
> could y'all be so kind as to include an actual app with your code?

In short, no. I don't mind posting a short bunch of code to the list, but a
compiled applicatin wouldn't be popular.

You really, really, REALLY ought to move to FB3. I have FB2 and FB3 side by
side on my machine with no problems. Apart from anything else, Staz needs
the money.

> but phil, a question for you, and your approach of grabbing chunks
> for display in an edit field.  what if the user wants to select text
> that's across the boundary of the edit field as you've constituted it?
> (heck, for simplicity, what about a "select all" bigger than 32k?)

No, you missed the point. The Edit Field will hold a contiguous lump of
text. As you move the scroll bar, the program will grab chunks from the
container (another reason to use FB3) and add them to to beginning or end of
the EF. The user won't know it's happening. He (or she) should just see a
big text file scrolling. One document, one edit field.

Phil.