Question

I have a huge String to add to a Memo in Delphi7.
The String is about 1MB large and has many (Unicode) Characters.
My Graphic Card is not the best (Intel GMA 500).
I add the text with:

Memo1.Lines.Append(MyString);

However it looks like that the Procedure is faster than the drawing to my Memo.
Is there a way how to code this in a “blocking mode” – which means the procedure ends when all the characters are drawn?

Thank you for your help.

Edit:
I also used:

Memo1.Lines.BeginUpdate;
Memo1.Lines.Append(MyString);
Memo1.Lines.EndUpdate;

Answer 1

After adding your text, call Memo1.Update. That won’t return until the memo has updated its display — it forces the memo to paint itself.