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From: jhsu@neon.Stanford.EDU (Jeffrey H. Hsu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: CharsHandle -> floating pt value (???)
Message-ID: <1991May28.230944.19187@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 28 May 91 23:09:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: neon.1991May28.230944.19187
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Ca , USA
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Hello out there,
I have a problem that seems simple and common yet I have not found a solution.
I'd appreciate any help from anyone. I'm using Think C TCL 4.0.5.

The Problem: 
Get the floating point value of a string inside a Text Edit box.

What I know:
The GetTextHandle method for static text returns a CharsHandle which is a
**(packed array of chars). 

PtoCstring() converts a pascal string to a C string.



I don't know where to go from here. 

Thanks,
Jeff