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From: resnick@cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick)
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Subject: Re: LSC 4.0 cdev and editText items!!
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Date: 14 Dec 90 22:01:33 GMT
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moyman@ecn.purdue.edu writes:

>What's the deal with textEdit items inside the cdev dialog!!

>	/* Setting the initial text in all of the editable text fields */
>	aStr = GetString(SysStrID);
>	GetDItem(dp,lastItem+SysTextID,&itemType,&itemHandle,&itemRect);
>	SetIText( itemHandle, *aStr);

I always do a SelIText(CPDialog, myItem+numItems, 0, 32767) on the first
editText item in my DITL. Also, remember to do an InvalRect if you change
the text after initialization. Other than that, it should work fine.

pr
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