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TColumnListBoxFast loading and saving of many items
To add many items to the TColumnListBox, the use of BeginUpdate / EndUpdate will significantly accelerate this.
Example for fast save & load of 5000 items:
procedure TForm4.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var
i,j: integer;
li: TListBoxItem;
begin
with columnlistbox1 do
begin
Columns.Clear;
Columns.Add;
Columns.Add;
Columns.Add;
Columns[0].Width := 80;
Columns[1].Width := 80;
Columns[2].Width := 80;
BeginUpdate;
for i := 1 to 5000 do
begin
li := ListBoxItems.Add;
for j := 1 to 3 do
begin
li.Strings.Add('Col '+inttostr(j)+': Row '+ inttostr(i));
end;
end;
ListBoxItems.SaveToFile('c:.txt');
EndUpdate;
end;
end;
procedure TForm4.Button2Click(Sender: TObject); begin
with columnlistbox1 do
begin
Columns.Clear;
Columns.Add;
Columns.Add;
Columns.Add;
Columns[0].Width := 80;
Columns[1].Width := 80;
Columns[2].Width := 80;
BeginUpdate;
ListBoxItems.LoadFromFile('c:.txt');
EndUpdate;
end;
end;