Problem in reading a text file

[learningvisualc]

Hi all, I have made a .txt file in a format that it contains data per line i.e. in the format /*text1*/ /*text2abc*/ And its not defined that how much data it can contain per line. I am reading this file in a per line format basis using this code

CStdioFile ptr;
CString str;
int i = 0;
ptr.Open(file_name, CFile::ReadWrite, NULL);
while(ptr.ReadString(str))
{
m_List.InsertItem(i,str);
i++;
}
ptr.Close();

My problem is if a list contains more data(5000 lines or above) its taking a lot of time to read it. I also know that i can read particular number of bytes from buffer but the problem is how can i know that the line has been completely read or not. Can anybody please help me in this? Is there any other way to read thid file. Thanks in advance

[CPallini]

I think your application is slow because of the huge number of items in the list control. You may consider using a virtual list, see, for instance, the following CodeProject article: Using virtual lists. :)

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[Maximilien]

Read the file THEN populate the list. and as my colleague wrote, use a virtual list.

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