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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 01:41:45 GMT
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 >From: juana@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Juana Chang)
 >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.
 >
 >Is this correct?
 >
 >If so, how do you write new default values back into the resource file?

Sorry, I missed your last question originally.  If you are going to want to 
change the values, I would use the second method (put the value into a STR 
resource.)  To write it back to the resource file, you could delete the old 
STR and use AddResource to add the new one.

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