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From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Help with an editLine in a dialog box
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Date: 4 Feb 91 22:14:12 GMT
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In article <48809@apple.Apple.COM> dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons) writes:
>In article <43356@ut-emx.uucp> daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) writes:
>>How do I get the handle (or is it a pointer?) to the editline text? According
>>to the Toolbox ref's Dialog manager chapter, the item descriptor of an editline
>>is the pointer to the default string (this is a pascal string, right?) and
>>the item value is the maximum length of the text. No where does it mention
>>how to get at this text. Also, when I type into the editLine, the cursor
>>moves, but nothing shows up...
>
>You want GetIText, page 6-56 (Dialog Manager).

Yeah, Steven Chiang of DreamWorld Software pointed that out to me (thanks
Steve :-)

>Most likely your text is now showing up because your item rectangle isn't
>tall enough--I think 10(?) pixels tall is a good height (allow one pixel above
>and below the hilited text before you hit the frame rectangle).

Yup, that was the problem... wouldn't it be easier to have the tools clip
the text to fit in the rectangle instead of not showing it at all?

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Well, glad to see you're reading comp.sys.apple2 again!{ Hope some of the
DTS people come back too.


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