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merkark12 · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:17 am Post subject: [C++]SetDlgItemText?

ok so i just started learning win32 c++ and i want to know how to set the text of an edit box to the text of another edit box

Code:

case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
SetDlgItemText(hwnd,MAIN_BUTTON,HERE);
break;

what do i set the here to?

the_undead · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:19 am Post subject:

SetDlgItemText(hwnd,MAIN_BUTTON,"this is text");

merkark12 · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:22 am Post subject:

yes i know that but i want to change "this is text" to the text of another editbox

the_undead · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:

GetDlgItemText

merkark12 · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 10:59 am Post subject:

i dont understand GetDlgItemText is it like this? GetDlgItemText(hwnd,MAIN_EDIT,"text",20) does it store the text i put in somewhere?

UnLmtD · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:03 am Post subject:

The third parameter holds the text of the control your specified.

merkark12 · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

ok so it gets the text of main_edit and it looks for "text"? if so then how do i get it to look for any text? also could you give me an example? sorry if im asking too many questions Embarassed

UnLmtD · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

the_undead · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:14 am Post subject:

char buffer[256];
GetDlgItemText(hwnd, ITEM1, buffer, 256);
SetDlgItemText(hwnd, ITEM2, buffer);

merkark12 · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:15 am Post subject:

wow thx u guys heh i didn't know u had to have a variable