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From: alan@doc.dss.com
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Windows edit control questions
Message-ID: <1991Apr22.105818.1@doc.dss.com>
Date: 22 Apr 91 15:58:18 GMT
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Hello -

	I am new to windows so please excuse me if this is a trivial question
or is located in a FAQ file. (Is there a FAQ file and if so where can I get it)

	I am tring to use an edit control to enter a series of numbers in my
main window. The windows build fine and the edit controls work however the 
only way that I can gain access to the number entered in the edit window is
using a EM_GETLINE message. This is not good enough since I would like to
be able to check contents of the edit window and make changes to the buffer.
I have tried using EM_SETHANDLE and EM_GETHANDLE messages with a local memory
handle as in an example in the SDK, however everytime I send EM_GETHANDLE a
handle of 0 is returned. If I just try to lock the handle I originally
allocated the memory pointer seems to be about 8 bytes before the storage
for the edit window. Is this some kind of header that I need to ignore ?
Is the EM_GETHANDLE - EM_SETHANDLE the right approach for what I am doing ?
I am doing this all within the main window and the main window function. Does
it make sense to do it all within a dialog box or does it not matter.

	Other than the SDK are there any other books or code examples that 
would be helpful for a windows newcomer ?

	I have a series of these edit windows and want TAB or ENTER to jump 
between them. Does it make sense to watch the keystroke messages and send
SETFOCUS messages to the next edit window ? Does windows have some sort of 
mechanism to do this for me ?


					Thanks in advance,

					alan@doc.dss.com