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Jason W. Hinson wrote:

> Here's what you would do in Builder:
> 
> TEdit* myTEdit = new TEdit; // new edit box owned by "this" form
> myEdit->Parent = this;  // edit box sits on this form
> myEdit->Top = 20;  // top position on form in pixels
> myEdit->Left = 100; // left position on form in pixels
> myEdit->Width = 150; // width of edit box in pixels
> myEdit->Font->Color = clHighlight;  // set font color to standard 
> windows highlight for fun
> myEdit->Text = "Type Something Here"; // edit the text inside the edit 
> box
> 
> 
> This to me is very "c++ish" in that you create an instance of a class 
> and then set its properties to edit it.  It may be less Builder-like and 
> more "pure c++ish" if you had to call, for example, 
> myEdit->SetLeft(100)--see comments below--but the same basic logic 
> applies (you create an object and edit it via its member 
> functions/variables). 
> 
> Could some kind soul please write the code to do this set of actions via 
> Visual C++ just so I can see how its done???
> 
> Thanks!!!
> 
> 
> -Jason

Using the MFC library that comes with VC++...

CEdit* myEdit = new CEdit();
CRect rect(left, top, right, bottom);
myEdit->Create(WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER, rect, this, IDC_MYEDIT);
myEdit->SetFont(GetFont());
myEdit->SetWindowText("Something");

MFC control objects have almost no member variables.  Instead, numerous 
CWnd functions (like SetFont) are inherited by all of them to get/set 
the properties that are stored within Win32.  MFC does not try to be 
very "C++ish".  Rather, it is for the most part a thin wrapper over the 
Win32 APIs.  It provides the essential interface needed between the C 
language API callbacks and C++ member functions.  You can see a lot of 
it quickly by working through the SCRIBBLE tutorial in the help.

-- 
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]