Re: How to put text in dialog control?

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From: Ed McCreary
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 22:08

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In article <1992Apr7.152723.1059@u.washington.edu> rexw@hardy.u.washington.edu writes:
>
>Sorry if this is in the FAQ but I only saw the diffs and that didn't help
>to much.  Subject line says it.  I'm using BC 2.0 and trying to put text
>in a combo box in a dialog.  I try SetDlgItemText during the initialization
>of the dialog and nothing shows up.  What kind of string should I use? 
>

Try...

hCtl = GetDlgItem(hdlg, IDD_NAME);
SendMessage (hCtl, WM_SETTEXT, 0, (LONG) (LPSTR) TextToSet);


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