[interfacekit] Re: Status Updates

> 
> On 2004-01-13 at 23:22:17 [+0100], DarkWyrm wrote:
> > Just wondering because the list has been pretty quiet for quite 
> > some
> > time. What's everybody up to?
> 
> Though I'm fortunately not assigned to any task in IK context, I've 
> though 
> about implementing a little workaround for a problem with BClipboard 
> and 
> large amounts of data. Currently the clipboard data are sent through 
> ports, 
> which, due to a port message size limit, causes the clipboard to 
> cease to 
> work for data sizes of 2 MB (on R5) and more (easily reproducable 
> when 
> copying a large region in ShowImage).
> 
> My idea to solve this problem is to pass data larger than, say, 64 KB 
> through an area (and leave it like that in the registrar). I'm 
> currently 
> stuffed with work; so, if someone else wants to implement that, I 
> wouldn't 
> mind to hand it over.
Quite some time ago I wrote a class called AreaLink which was designed 
to make it easy to attach data to it in a way similar to PortLink but 
utilizing an area to send to another target. It's untested IIRC, but it 
might be useful for you. Use it if you like, but I won't be bothered if 
you don't, either. :)

--DW

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