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From: Jim.Spencer@p5.f22.n282.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Spencer)
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Subject: Default values in a dialo
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Date: 15 Mar 90 01:36:02 GMT
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 >Is there a way to place default values into an editable item in a dialog
 >box.  So when you first invoke the dialog box there are default values
 >already in the editable item.  I'm guessing that one way of doing it is to
 >place the default values in the resource file and after the GetNewDialog to
 >grab the values from the resource file and place it in the editable item
 >area.

Its even easier than that.  In ResEdit, when you create the EditText item, 
there is a box for typing in the default text.  In Rez or similar resource 
compiler inputs, there is a field for the default text just as there is for 
a static text item.  You can of course do it the way you suggest.  Put the 
text in a STR resource or build it in your application and then use 
SetIText to actually put it into the dialog.

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