🚀 go-pugleaf

OK I give up.  I have been trying to learn how to program MS Windows using
Borland C++ 3.0 *without* Application Frameworks.  Coming from X/Motif
programming, it appears to me that programming without some sort of class
library such as Borlands Object Windows Library (OWL or <owl.h>.  This is part
of Application Frameworks right?) is akin to programming raw Xlib.  Using OWL
is sorta like using Xt/Motif.  Well I'm working on getting Borland C++ 3.1
*with* Application Frameworks but until then I gotta use just straight MS
Window calls.

I've made a lot of progress doing so.  I have my application up and *looking*
pretty good but it isn't *doing* anything really useful yet.  I have learned
how to create windows, child windows, dialog boxes, buttons, how to get the
icon image right, etc.  But the questions about how to do this or that are
coming fast and furious.  I try to resolve them myself but sometimes I just
get stuck.  Perhaps these are FAQ and if I could be pointed to the right place
it would be helpful.  I bought a book (cost me ~$43 too!) that was
specifically oriented toward Borland C++ 3.1 and had some stuff about raw MS
Window calls.  Indeed it has a complete function reference.  But after giving
some trivial examples of raw MS Window calls it goes on to describe OWL.

Anyways, here are the problems that I haven't been able to resolve and really
need answered inorder to get my program doing anything useful.

        How do I write get or set text into a child window?  My application
        presents a form-like window that has child windows that are TEXT
        input boxes.  I cannot figure out how to put/get text into or out of
        these child windows.

        How does one put text into a dialog box?  I want to do a familiar "Are
        you sure you want to delete 'thing being deleted'" type of dialog.  I
        need to construct the message string for the dialog box but I don't
        know how to do that.

        How can one get an icon image or a bmp into a button?

        I tried making what would be called a staticTextWidget in X but it's
        color is wrong.  I want the color for a staticTextWiget to be the
        application's background color, not a TEXT boxes' input color.

        How would I change the input editing semantics of these text input
        areas to be as I specify.  I like emacs type editing.  I get this
        easily in X via translation table and like to implement this in my
        program.

And a non window related one:

        How does one talk to a modem and dial a number like CARDFILE or
        TERMINAL does?

                                Thanks much