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From: doehr@magellan.den.mmc.com (Brett B. Doehr)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: devguide - create fields that takes flots
Keywords: devguide
Message-ID: <1991May8.155817.23257@den.mmc.com>
Date: 8 May 91 15:58:17 GMT
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One option is to make the text field alphanumeric. If a value is entered
by the user, you can use the function "atof" to convert it to a double
(not a float, but close enough for us).  To output a float to the text field, 
use the function "sprintf" to convert it to a string.  Not elegant, but works.


--Brett.

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