gistfile1.txt

string WrapText(string pcText, integer piWidth) {
    list     laLines  = [];
    integer  liIndex;
    integer  liKeep;  // Specifies if we keep the char pointed at or not
    integer  liLen    = llStringLength(pcText);
    list     llSearch = ["", "\n"];
 
    while (liLen > 0) {
        liIndex = piWidth;
        if (!(liKeep = (liLen <= piWidth))) {
            while ((liIndex >= 0) && (-1 == llListFindList(llSearch, (list)llGetSubString(pcText, liIndex, liIndex))))
                --liIndex;
            if (liIndex <= 0) {
                liIndex = piWidth;
                liKeep = 1;
            }
        }
        laLines += llGetSubString(pcText, 0, liIndex - 1);
        pcText = llDeleteSubString(pcText, 0, liIndex - liKeep);
        liLen -= (1 + liIndex - liKeep);
    }
    return llDumpList2String(laLines,"\n");
}

default
{
    state_entry()
    {
         llSay(0,"Touch to see osGetNotecard read in a notecard and display the text retrieved"); 
    }
    touch_end(integer num)
    {
        // get the first notecard in inventory (default max is 255 lines and would not show in std chat)
        // each Line Return is reflected in output
        string name = llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_NOTECARD,0);
        if(name == "") 
        {
            llSay(0,"There is no notecard in prim inventory.  Please place a notecard with some text in the prim to display it's contents"); 
            return;
        }
        else
        {
            string text = osGetNotecard(name);
            llOwnerSay("NoteCard Name is: "+name);
            string CommandList = ""; // Storage for our drawing commands
            string FontName = "Arial"; // Arial is the default font used, if unspecified
            integer FontSize = 24;     // default to 24 point for sample
 
            CommandList = osSetFontName(CommandList, FontName);
            CommandList = osSetFontSize(CommandList, FontSize);
            CommandList = osMovePen(CommandList, 10, 10);
            CommandList = osDrawText(CommandList, WrapText(text, 52));
 
        // Now draw the image
            osSetDynamicTextureData( "", "vector", CommandList, "width:1024,height:1024", 0 );
            llSay(0,WrapText(text,52));
        }
 
    }
}

gistfile2.txt

Take a copy and rez it to the ground to start using! 

To use this board edit it and go to the contents tab

edit the file named "Note" and save it.
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52 characters per line. 
1768 characters total.

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