Features and Options of Memory Files

The following options and features are available for you to change so that you may configure the user interface to your specifications and have greater flexibility in using memory files in your code.

Options for the User Interface

You can:

• nChange the key assignments for viewing memory files.
  
  
• nView multiple files in one or several windows.
  
  
• nView one memory file through several windows.
  
  
• nAllow the user to perform operations on a memory file displayed in a window.

Options for Modifying the Memory File

You can:

• nModify the contents of memory files by inserting, deleting, or replacing row contents.
  
  
• nModify the contents of the memory file by scrolling several rows of the memory file out of the memory file to make room for more rows.
  
  
• nSort all or a section of the memory file.
  
  
• nSearch for a string within the memory file.
  
  
• nGet the string for any row of the memory file.

Programming Options

You can:

• nDynamically load sections of the memory file, so that only the sections of the text file needed by the application are loaded into memory.
  
  
• nSpeed dynamic loading of the memory file by using an index file.
  
  
• nChange the default system keyword character.
  
  
• nChange the defaults for how much the memory file shifts when the user scrolls the memory file.
  
  
• nClear the contents of a memory file so you can refill in with new strings.
  
  
• nDetermine the length of the string in any row of the memory file.
  
  
• nSpecify the origin of the memory file within the window, thus controlling the part of the memory file that is displayed in the window.
  
  
• nDisplay or operate only on a section of the memory file by marking sections with keywords.
  
  
• nWrite the memory file to an ASCII disk file.
  
  
• nControl the steps of browsing by using functions to display the window, display the memory in the window, pass control to the user, and remove the window from the screen.