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From: tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi (Teemu J. M|tt|nen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: TPW, ModifyMenu with '\t', changing static text
Message-ID: <1991May21.011024.1@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 20 May 91 23:10:24 GMT
Sender: news@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Uutis Ankka)
Organization: University of Helsinki
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    A TPW beginners question:

    I'm trying to modify an Edit|Delete menu item in my program so that
    when user selects Options|Confirm Changes, the Edit|Delete menu
    string is 'Delete...\tDel' (\t => 'Del' right-aligned). The problem
    is that I can't get the \t to work with ModifyMenu. It works ok in
    the Menu Editor.

    This is what fails:

    ModifyMenu(Attr.Menu, cm_DeleteConn, mf_Enabled or mf_ByCommand,
               cm_DeleteConn, 'Delete...\tDel');

    After that the menu item is 'Delete...\tDel', which is not
    what I want. Any solutions/hints ?


    My second question is: how do I change the text of a static control ?
    I create it like this:

    ModeStat := New(PStatic, Init(@Self, id_ModeStat, 'XXXXX Mode',
                                         20, 10, 150, 20, 0));
    ModeStat^.Attr.Style := ModeStat^.Attr.Style and not ss_Right;

    I've RTFM, but no help.

    Teemu.
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